#4E1889#4E1889

#4E1889 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.170 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1889
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 137)
HSL	hsl(269, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 82.5%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.93, 46.85, -52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.93, 70.00, 312.01°)
OKLab	oklab(36.57% 0.0827 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(36.57% 0.17 299)
XYZ	xyz(7.9827, 4.0790, 24.0288)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1889 #538918

analogous

#181A89 #4E1889 #871889

triadic

#4E1889 #894E18 #18894E

tetradic

#4E1889 #89181A #538918 #188987

square

#4E1889 #89181A #538918 #188987

split-complementary

#4E1889 #898718 #1A8918

monochromatic

#130621 #300F55 #4E1889 #6C21BD #8A3EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#4E1889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E1889 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1889

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1889	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	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: #4e1889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.170 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865dac',
    500: '#4e1889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1889;
$custom-light: #865dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.673,
    "s": 70.186,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36572,
    "c": 0.17028,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.04079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1889

secondary

#81BD40

accent

#ED3B98

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1889

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

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