#4E1A87#4E1A87

#4E1A87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.166 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A87
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 135)
HSL	hsl(269, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 81%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 80.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.02, 45.53, -50.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.02, 68.08, 311.98°)
OKLab	oklab(36.58% 0.0817 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(36.58% 0.166 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8833, 4.1077, 23.2945)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A87 #53871A

analogous

#1A1C87 #4E1A87 #851A87

triadic

#4E1A87 #874E1A #1A874E

tetradic

#4E1A87 #871A1C #53871A #1A8785

square

#4E1A87 #871A1C #53871A #1A8785

split-complementary

#4E1A87 #87851A #1C871A

monochromatic

#130620 #301054 #4E1A87 #6C24BA #8A41DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#4E1A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E1A87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A87

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A87	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.166 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865dab',
    500: '#4e1a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a87;
$custom-light: #865dab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.624,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3658,
    "c": 0.16623,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A87

secondary

#81BA42

accent

#EB3D98

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A87

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

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