#4E1A97#4E1A97

#4E1A97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.183 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A97
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 151)
HSL	hsl(265, 71%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 83%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 82.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.54, 49.65, -58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.54, 76.39, 310.54°)
OKLab	oklab(38.1% 0.0765 -0.1666)
OKLCH	oklch(38.1% 0.183 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.0957, 4.5926, 29.6794)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A97 #63971A

analogous

#1A2597 #4E1A97 #8D1A97

triadic

#4E1A97 #974E1A #1A974E

tetradic

#4E1A97 #971A25 #63971A #1A978D

square

#4E1A97 #971A25 #63971A #1A978D

split-complementary

#4E1A97 #978D1A #25971A

monochromatic

#18082F #331163 #4E1A97 #6923CB #894BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#4E1A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4E1A97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A97

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A97	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.183 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885eb7',
    500: '#4e1a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a97;
$custom-light: #885eb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.96,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38096,
    "c": 0.18329,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A97

secondary

#90C24B

accent

#ED3AA3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A97

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

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