#4E1790#4E1790

#4E1790 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.178 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1790
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 144)
HSL	hsl(267, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 84%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.47, 49.00, -55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.47, 74.03, 311.44°)
OKLab	oklab(37.15% 0.081 -0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(37.15% 0.178 297)
XYZ	xyz(8.4810, 4.2459, 26.7529)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1790 #599017

analogous

#171C90 #4E1790 #8B1790

triadic

#4E1790 #904E17 #17904E

tetradic

#4E1790 #90171C #599017 #17908B

square

#4E1790 #90171C #599017 #17908B

split-complementary

#4E1790 #908B17 #1C9017

monochromatic

#150626 #310F5B #4E1790 #6B1FC5 #8941E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#4E1790 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E1790 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1790

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1790	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1790	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1790;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.178 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875db2',
    500: '#4e1790',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1790;
$custom-light: #875db2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1790",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 72.455,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37148,
    "c": 0.17849,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.04246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1790

secondary

#87C142

accent

#EF399C

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1790

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

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