#4E1789#4E1789

#4E1789 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.171 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1789
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 137)
HSL	hsl(269, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 83.2%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.80, 47.24, -52.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.80, 70.42, 312.12°)
OKLab	oklab(36.48% 0.0834 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(36.48% 0.171 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9625, 4.0385, 24.0221)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1789 #528917

analogous

#171989 #4E1789 #871789

triadic

#4E1789 #894E17 #17894E

tetradic

#4E1789 #891719 #528917 #178987

square

#4E1789 #891719 #528917 #178987

split-complementary

#4E1789 #898717 #198917

monochromatic

#120520 #300E55 #4E1789 #6C20BD #8A3CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#4E1789 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4E1789 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1789

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1789	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1789	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1789;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.171 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865cac',
    500: '#4e1789',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1789;
$custom-light: #865cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1789",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.947,
    "s": 71.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3648,
    "c": 0.1712,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1789

secondary

#80BD3F

accent

#EE3A97

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1789

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

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