#4E1A8E#4E1A8E

#4E1A8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.174 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A8E
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 142)
HSL	hsl(267, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 81.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.68, 47.33, -53.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.68, 71.74, 311.28°)
OKLab	oklab(37.23% 0.0795 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(37.23% 0.174 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.3925, 4.3113, 25.9759)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A8E #5A8E1A

analogous

#1A208E #4E1A8E #881A8E

triadic

#4E1A8E #8E4E1A #1A8E4E

tetradic

#4E1A8E #8E1A20 #5A8E1A #1A8E88

square

#4E1A8E #8E1A20 #5A8E1A #1A8E88

split-complementary

#4E1A8E #8E881A #208E1A

monochromatic

#150727 #32115A #4E1A8E #6A23C2 #8945DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28

#4E1A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E1A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A8E

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A8E	1.00	11.28	1.86	11.28
#FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.174 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875eb0',
    500: '#4e1a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a8e;
$custom-light: #875eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.897,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37232,
    "c": 0.17371,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A8E

secondary

#88BE45

accent

#EC3C9D

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A8E

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

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