#4E1885#4E1885

#4E1885 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.166 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1885
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 133)
HSL	hsl(270, 69%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 82%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 82%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.56, 45.84, -50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.56, 67.92, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(36.2% 0.084 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(36.2% 0.166 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7011, 3.9663, 22.5456)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1885 #4F8518

analogous

#181885 #4E1885 #841885

triadic

#4E1885 #854E18 #18854E

tetradic

#4E1885 #851818 #4F8518 #188584

square

#4E1885 #851818 #4F8518 #188584

split-complementary

#4E1885 #858418 #188518

monochromatic

#11051D #300F51 #4E1885 #6C21B9 #8B3CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#4E1885 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E1885 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1885

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1885	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1885	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41364F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1885;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.166 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ca9',
    500: '#4e1885',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1885;
$custom-light: #865ca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1885",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.725,
    "s": 69.427,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.362,
    "c": 0.16608,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1885

secondary

#7DB940

accent

#EC3C95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1885

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

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