#4E1786#4E1786

#4E1786 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.168 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1786
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 134)
HSL	hsl(270, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 82.8%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.52, 46.48, -50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.52, 68.87, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(36.2% 0.0844 -0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(36.2% 0.168 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7503, 3.9536, 22.9044)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1786 #4F8617

analogous

#171786 #4E1786 #851786

triadic

#4E1786 #864E17 #17864E

tetradic

#4E1786 #861717 #4F8617 #178685

square

#4E1786 #861717 #4F8617 #178685

split-complementary

#4E1786 #868517 #178617

monochromatic

#11051E #300E52 #4E1786 #6C20BA #8B3ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#4E1786 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E1786 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1786

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1786	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1786	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41364F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1786;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.168 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865caa',
    500: '#4e1786',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1786;
$custom-light: #865caa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1786",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.73,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36199,
    "c": 0.16807,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1786

secondary

#7DBA3F

accent

#ED3A95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1786

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

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