#4E1690#4E1690

#4E1690 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.179 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1690
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 144)
HSL	hsl(268, 73%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 84.7%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.34, 49.36, -55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.34, 74.42, 311.55°)
OKLab	oklab(37.06% 0.0817 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(37.06% 0.179 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.4615, 4.2070, 26.7464)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1690 #589016

analogous

#161B90 #4E1690 #8B1690

triadic

#4E1690 #904E16 #16904E

tetradic

#4E1690 #90161B #589016 #16908B

square

#4E1690 #90161B #589016 #16908B

split-complementary

#4E1690 #908B16 #1B9016

monochromatic

#140626 #310E5B #4E1690 #6B1EC5 #8A3FE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#4E1690 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E1690 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1690

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1690	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1690	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1690;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.179 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875cb2',
    500: '#4e1690',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1690;
$custom-light: #875cb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1690",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.541,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37062,
    "c": 0.17932,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1690

secondary

#86C240

accent

#F0389B

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1690

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

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