#4E1880#4E1880

#4E1880 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.161 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1880
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 128)
HSL	hsl(271, 68%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 81%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 81.3%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.11, 44.59, -47.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.11, 65.30, 313.07°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% 0.0855 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.161 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3639, 3.8315, 20.7695)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.89

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1880 #4A8018

analogous

#1A1880 #4E1880 #80187E

triadic

#4E1880 #804E18 #18804E

tetradic

#4E1880 #801A18 #4A8018 #187E80

square

#4E1880 #801A18 #4A8018 #187E80

split-complementary

#4E1880 #7E8018 #18801A

monochromatic

#10051A #2F0E4C #4E1880 #6D22B4 #8C39DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.89

#4E1880 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4E1880 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1880

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1880	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1880	1.00	11.89	1.77	11.89
#FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43344C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1880;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.161 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ca6',
    500: '#4e1880',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1880;
$custom-light: #855ca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1880",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.154,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35744,
    "c": 0.16081,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1880

secondary

#78B440

accent

#EB3D91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1880

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

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