#4E1A90#4E1A90

#4E1A90 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.176 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A90
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 144)
HSL	hsl(266, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 81.9%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.86, 47.84, -54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.86, 72.78, 311.10°)
OKLab	oklab(37.42% 0.0789 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(37.42% 0.176 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5440, 4.3719, 26.7739)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A90 #5C901A

analogous

#1A2190 #4E1A90 #891A90

triadic

#4E1A90 #904E1A #1A904E

tetradic

#4E1A90 #901A21 #5C901A #1A9089

square

#4E1A90 #901A21 #5C901A #1A9089

split-complementary

#4E1A90 #90891A #21901A

monochromatic

#160728 #32115C #4E1A90 #6A23C4 #8947DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#4E1A90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4E1A90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A90

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A90	1.00	11.20	1.87	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.176 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875eb2',
    500: '#4e1a90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a90;
$custom-light: #875eb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.441,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37422,
    "c": 0.17584,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A90

secondary

#8ABF47

accent

#EC3C9E

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A90

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

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