#4E1785#4E1785

#4E1785 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.167 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1785
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 133)
HSL	hsl(270, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 82.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.42, 46.23, -50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.42, 68.35, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(36.11% 0.0848 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(36.11% 0.167 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6809, 3.9259, 22.5389)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1785 #4E8517

analogous

#171785 #4E1785 #851785

triadic

#4E1785 #854E17 #17854E

tetradic

#4E1785 #851717 #4E8517 #178585

square

#4E1785 #851717 #4E8517 #178585

split-complementary

#4E1785 #858517 #178517

monochromatic

#11051D #2F0E51 #4E1785 #6D20B9 #8B3ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#4E1785 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E1785 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1785

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1785	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1785	1.00	11.76	1.79	11.76
#FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41364F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1785;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.167 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ca9',
    500: '#4e1785',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1785;
$custom-light: #865ca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1785",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36106,
    "c": 0.16703,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1785

secondary

#7CB93F

accent

#ED3B94

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1785

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

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