#4E1985#4E1985

#4E1985 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.165 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1985
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 133)
HSL	hsl(269, 68%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 81%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 81.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.70, 45.44, -49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.70, 67.48, 312.33°)
OKLab	oklab(36.3% 0.0832 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(36.3% 0.165 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7221, 4.0083, 22.5526)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1985 #508519

analogous

#191A85 #4E1985 #841985

triadic

#4E1985 #854E19 #19854E

tetradic

#4E1985 #85191A #508519 #198584

square

#4E1985 #85191A #508519 #198584

split-complementary

#4E1985 #858419 #1A8519

monochromatic

#12061E #300F51 #4E1985 #6C23B9 #8B3EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#4E1985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E1985 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1985

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1985	1.00	11.66	1.80	11.66
#FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.165 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865da9',
    500: '#4e1985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1985;
$custom-light: #865da9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.444,
    "s": 68.354,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36297,
    "c": 0.1651,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1985

secondary

#7EB941

accent

#EB3D96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1985

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

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