#4E1691#4E1691

#4E1691 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.180 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1691
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 145)
HSL	hsl(267, 74%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 85%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 84.8%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.44, 49.61, -56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.44, 74.93, 311.46°)
OKLab	oklab(37.16% 0.0813 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(37.16% 0.18 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.5383, 4.2377, 27.1507)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1691 #599116

analogous

#161B91 #4E1691 #8B1691

triadic

#4E1691 #914E16 #16914E

tetradic

#4E1691 #91161B #599116 #16918B

square

#4E1691 #91161B #599116 #16918B

split-complementary

#4E1691 #918B16 #1B9116

monochromatic

#150627 #310E5C #4E1691 #6B1EC6 #893FE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#4E1691 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E1691 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1691

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1691	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1691	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1691;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.180 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875cb2',
    500: '#4e1691',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1691;
$custom-light: #875cb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1691",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.317,
    "s": 73.653,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37159,
    "c": 0.18035,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1691

secondary

#87C241

accent

#F0379C

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1691

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

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