#4E1A83#4E1A83

#4E1A83 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.162 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A83
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 131)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 80.2%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.66, 44.52, -48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.66, 65.97, 312.44°)
OKLab	oklab(36.22% 0.0829 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(36.22% 0.162 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6070, 3.9971, 21.8391)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.14

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A83 #4F831A

analogous

#1A1B83 #4E1A83 #821A83

triadic

#4E1A83 #834E1A #1A834E

tetradic

#4E1A83 #831A1B #4F831A #1A8382

square

#4E1A83 #831A1B #4F831A #1A8382

split-complementary

#4E1A83 #83821A #1B831A

monochromatic

#11061D #301050 #4E1A83 #6C24B6 #8B3FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#4E1A83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E1A83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A83

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A83	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003881

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42364E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.162 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855da8',
    500: '#4e1a83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a83;
$custom-light: #855da8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.714,
    "s": 66.879,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36215,
    "c": 0.16195,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A83

secondary

#7DB742

accent

#EA3E95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A83

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

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