#4E1687#4E1687

#4E1687 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.170 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1687
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 135)
HSL	hsl(270, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 83.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.48, 47.11, -51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.48, 69.80, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(36.2% 0.0849 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(36.2% 0.17 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8009, 3.9427, 23.2670)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1687 #4F8716

analogous

#161687 #4E1687 #861687

triadic

#4E1687 #874E16 #16874E

tetradic

#4E1687 #871616 #4F8716 #168786

square

#4E1687 #871616 #4F8716 #168786

split-complementary

#4E1687 #878616 #168716

monochromatic

#11051E #300D52 #4E1687 #6C1FBC #8B39DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#4E1687 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E1687 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1687

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1687	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1687	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1687;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.170 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865cab',
    500: '#4e1687',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1687;
$custom-light: #865cab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1687",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.735,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36203,
    "c": 0.17002,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1687

secondary

#7DBB3E

accent

#EF3995

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1687

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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