#4E1983#4E1983

#4E1983 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.163 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1983
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 131)
HSL	hsl(270, 68%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 81%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 80.9%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.52, 44.93, -48.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.52, 66.43, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(36.12% 0.0838 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(36.12% 0.163 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5852, 3.9536, 21.8318)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.97

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1983 #4E8319

analogous

#191983 #4E1983 #831983

triadic

#4E1983 #834E19 #19834E

tetradic

#4E1983 #831919 #4E8319 #198383

square

#4E1983 #831919 #4E8319 #198383

split-complementary

#4E1983 #838319 #198319

monochromatic

#11051C #2F0F50 #4E1983 #6D23B6 #8B3DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#4E1983 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E1983 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1983

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1983	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1983	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42364E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1983;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.163 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855da8',
    500: '#4e1983',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1983;
$custom-light: #855da8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1983",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 67.949,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36115,
    "c": 0.16297,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1983

secondary

#7CB741

accent

#EB3D94

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1983

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