#4E1A8D#4E1A8D

#4E1A8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.173 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A8D
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 141)
HSL	hsl(267, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 81.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.58, 47.07, -53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.58, 71.22, 311.37°)
OKLab	oklab(37.14% 0.0798 -0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(37.14% 0.173 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3177, 4.2814, 25.5823)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A8D #598D1A

analogous

#1A208D #4E1A8D #871A8D

triadic

#4E1A8D #8D4E1A #1A8D4E

tetradic

#4E1A8D #8D1A20 #598D1A #1A8D87

square

#4E1A8D #8D1A20 #598D1A #1A8D87

split-complementary

#4E1A8D #8D871A #208D1A

monochromatic

#150726 #311059 #4E1A8D #6B24C1 #8945DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#4E1A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E1A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A8D

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A8D	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.173 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865eaf',
    500: '#4e1a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a8d;
$custom-light: #865eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.13,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37138,
    "c": 0.17264,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A8D

secondary

#87BE45

accent

#EC3C9C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A8D

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

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