#4E1980#4E1980

#4E1980 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.160 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1980
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 128)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 80.5%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.25, 44.18, -47.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.25, 64.85, 312.94°)
OKLab	oklab(35.84% 0.0846 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(35.84% 0.16 302)
XYZ	xyz(7.3849, 3.8734, 20.7765)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.05

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1980 #4B8019

analogous

#1B1980 #4E1980 #80197E

triadic

#4E1980 #804E19 #19804E

tetradic

#4E1980 #801B19 #4B8019 #197E80

square

#4E1980 #801B19 #4B8019 #197E80

split-complementary

#4E1980 #7E8019 #19801B

monochromatic

#10051A #2F0F4D #4E1980 #6D23B3 #8C3BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#4E1980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4E1980 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1980

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1980	1.00	11.83	1.77	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43344C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.160 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855da6',
    500: '#4e1980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1980;
$custom-light: #855da6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.874,
    "s": 67.32,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35844,
    "c": 0.15978,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.03873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1980

secondary

#79B441

accent

#EA3E91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1980

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