#4E1788#4E1788

#4E1788 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.170 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1788
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 136)
HSL	hsl(269, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 83.1%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.70, 46.98, -51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.70, 69.90, 312.23°)
OKLab	oklab(36.39% 0.0838 -0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(36.39% 0.17 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8911, 4.0100, 23.6460)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1788 #518817

analogous

#171888 #4E1788 #861788

triadic

#4E1788 #884E17 #17884E

tetradic

#4E1788 #881718 #518817 #178886

square

#4E1788 #881718 #518817 #178886

split-complementary

#4E1788 #888617 #188817

monochromatic

#12051F #300E54 #4E1788 #6C20BC #8B3BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#4E1788 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E1788 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1788

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1788	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1788	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003786

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1788;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.170 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865cac',
    500: '#4e1788',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1788;
$custom-light: #865cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1788",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.204,
    "s": 71.069,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36386,
    "c": 0.17016,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1788

secondary

#7FBC3F

accent

#EE3A96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1788

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

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