#4E1989#4E1989

#4E1989 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.169 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1989
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 137)
HSL	hsl(268, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 81.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.07, 46.45, -51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.07, 69.57, 311.89°)
OKLab	oklab(36.67% 0.0819 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(36.67% 0.169 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0037, 4.1210, 24.0358)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1989 #548919

analogous

#191C89 #4E1989 #861989

triadic

#4E1989 #894E19 #19894E

tetradic

#4E1989 #89191C #548919 #198986

square

#4E1989 #89191C #548919 #198986

split-complementary

#4E1989 #898619 #1C8919

monochromatic

#130621 #311055 #4E1989 #6B22BD #8A40DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#4E1989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E1989 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1989

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1989	1.00	11.51	1.82	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	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: #4e1989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.169 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865dac',
    500: '#4e1989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1989;
$custom-light: #865dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.393,
    "s": 69.136,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36667,
    "c": 0.16933,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1989

secondary

#82BC41

accent

#EC3C99

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1989

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

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