#4E1A6E#4E1A6E

#4E1A6E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.139 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A6E
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 110)
HSL	hsl(277, 62%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(277, 76%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 76.4%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.89, 39.31, -38.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.89, 54.79, 315.84°)
OKLab	oklab(34.41% 0.0879 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(34.41% 0.139 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.3252, 3.4844, 15.0882)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A6E #3A6E1A

analogous

#241A6E #4E1A6E #6E1A64

triadic

#4E1A6E #6E4E1A #1A6E4E

tetradic

#4E1A6E #6E241A #3A6E1A #1A646E

square

#4E1A6E #6E241A #3A6E1A #1A646E

split-complementary

#4E1A6E #646E1A #1A6E24

monochromatic

#120619 #2B0E3D #4E1A6E #7126A0 #9434CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.38

#4E1A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E1A6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A6E

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A6E	1.00	12.38	1.70	12.38
#FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#04356C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.139 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835c98',
    500: '#4e1a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a6e;
$custom-light: #835c98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.143,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34414,
    "c": 0.13938,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A6E

secondary

#66A341

accent

#E54381

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A6E

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

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