#4E1A8C#4E1A8C

#4E1A8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.172 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A8C
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 140)
HSL	hsl(267, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 81.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.49, 46.81, -52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.49, 70.70, 311.47°)
OKLab	oklab(37.04% 0.0802 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(37.04% 0.172 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2437, 4.2518, 25.1922)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A8C #588C1A

analogous

#1A1F8C #4E1A8C #871A8C

triadic

#4E1A8C #8C4E1A #1A8C4E

tetradic

#4E1A8C #8C1A1F #588C1A #1A8C87

square

#4E1A8C #8C1A1F #588C1A #1A8C87

split-complementary

#4E1A8C #8C871A #1F8C1A

monochromatic

#140725 #311058 #4E1A8C #6B24C0 #8A44DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#4E1A8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E1A8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A8C

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A8C	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.172 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865eaf',
    500: '#4e1a8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a8c;
$custom-light: #865eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.368,
    "s": 68.675,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37044,
    "c": 0.17158,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A8C

secondary

#86BE44

accent

#EC3C9C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A8C

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

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