#4E1A8F#4E1A8F

#4E1A8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.175 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A8F
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 143)
HSL	hsl(267, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 81.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.77, 47.58, -54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.77, 72.26, 311.19°)
OKLab	oklab(37.33% 0.0792 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(37.33% 0.175 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.4679, 4.3415, 26.3731)
Luminance	0.0434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A8F #5B8F1A

analogous

#1A208F #4E1A8F #881A8F

triadic

#4E1A8F #8F4E1A #1A8F4E

tetradic

#4E1A8F #8F1A20 #5B8F1A #1A8F88

square

#4E1A8F #8F1A20 #5B8F1A #1A8F88

split-complementary

#4E1A8F #8F881A #208F1A

monochromatic

#160727 #32115B #4E1A8F #6A23C3 #8946DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.24

#4E1A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4E1A8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A8F

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A8F	1.00	11.24	1.87	11.24
#FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.175 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875eb1',
    500: '#4e1a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a8f;
$custom-light: #875eb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37327,
    "c": 0.17477,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A8F

secondary

#89BF46

accent

#EC3C9E

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A8F

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

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