#4E1689#4E1689

#4E1689 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.172 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1689
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 137)
HSL	hsl(269, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 83.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.67, 47.61, -52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.67, 70.83, 312.23°)
OKLab	oklab(36.39% 0.0842 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(36.39% 0.172 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9430, 3.9996, 24.0156)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1689 #518916

analogous

#161889 #4E1689 #871689

triadic

#4E1689 #894E16 #16894E

tetradic

#4E1689 #891618 #518916 #168987

square

#4E1689 #891618 #518916 #168987

split-complementary

#4E1689 #898716 #188916

monochromatic

#120520 #300E54 #4E1689 #6C1EBE #8B3ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#4E1689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E1689 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1689

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1689	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.172 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865cac',
    500: '#4e1689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1689;
$custom-light: #865cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.217,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36391,
    "c": 0.17209,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1689

secondary

#7FBD3E

accent

#EF3996

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1689

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

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