#4E1A84#4E1A84

#4E1A84 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.163 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A84
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 132)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 80.3%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.75, 44.77, -49.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.75, 66.50, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(36.31% 0.0826 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(36.31% 0.163 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6751, 4.0244, 22.1977)
Luminance	0.0402 (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

#4E1A84 #50841A

analogous

#1A1B84 #4E1A84 #831A84

triadic

#4E1A84 #844E1A #1A844E

tetradic

#4E1A84 #841A1B #50841A #1A8483

square

#4E1A84 #841A1B #50841A #1A8483

split-complementary

#4E1A84 #84831A #1B841A

monochromatic

#12061E #301051 #4E1A84 #6C24B7 #8B3FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#4E1A84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E1A84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A84

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A84	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003882

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.163 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855da9',
    500: '#4e1a84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a84;
$custom-light: #855da9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.434,
    "s": 67.089,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36306,
    "c": 0.16302,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A84

secondary

#7EB842

accent

#EA3E96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A84

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