#4E1A6D#4E1A6D

#4E1A6D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.138 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A6D
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 109)
HSL	hsl(278, 61%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(278, 76%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 76.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.81, 39.07, -37.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.81, 54.26, 316.06°)
OKLab	oklab(34.33% 0.088 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(34.33% 0.138 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.2710, 3.4627, 14.8031)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A6D #396D1A

analogous

#251A6D #4E1A6D #6D1A63

triadic

#4E1A6D #6D4E1A #1A6D4E

tetradic

#4E1A6D #6D251A #396D1A #1A636D

square

#4E1A6D #6D251A #396D1A #1A636D

split-complementary

#4E1A6D #636D1A #1A6D25

monochromatic

#120619 #2B0E3C #4E1A6D #71269E #9433CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.41

#4E1A6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4E1A6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A6D

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A6D	1.00	12.41	1.69	12.41
#FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#07356B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.138 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835c97',
    500: '#4e1a6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a6d;
$custom-light: #835c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.59,
    "s": 61.481,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34333,
    "c": 0.13831,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A6D

secondary

#65A241

accent

#E5437F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A6D

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

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