#4E1A80#4E1A80

#4E1A80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.159 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A80
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 128)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 79.7%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.40, 43.76, -47.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.40, 64.39, 312.81°)
OKLab	oklab(35.95% 0.0837 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(35.95% 0.159 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4066, 3.9170, 20.7837)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.22

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A80 #4C801A

analogous

#1B1A80 #4E1A80 #801A7F

triadic

#4E1A80 #804E1A #1A804E

tetradic

#4E1A80 #801B1A #4C801A #1A7F80

square

#4E1A80 #801B1A #4C801A #1A7F80

split-complementary

#4E1A80 #7F801A #1A801B

monochromatic

#10051A #2F104D #4E1A80 #6D24B3 #8C3DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#4E1A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E1A80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A80

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A80	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.159 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855da6',
    500: '#4e1a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a80;
$custom-light: #855da6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.588,
    "s": 66.234,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35946,
    "c": 0.15873,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A80

secondary

#7AB442

accent

#E93F92

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A80

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

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