#4E1B68#4E1B68

#4E1B68 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.132 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B68
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 104)
HSL	hsl(280, 59%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(280, 74%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 74%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.59, 37.41, -34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.59, 51.06, 317.11°)
OKLab	oklab(34.06% 0.0876 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(34.06% 0.132 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.0320, 3.4032, 13.4331)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B68 #35681B

analogous

#271B68 #4E1B68 #681B5B

triadic

#4E1B68 #684E1B #1B684E

tetradic

#4E1B68 #68271B #35681B #1B5B68

square

#4E1B68 #68271B #35681B #1B5B68

split-complementary

#4E1B68 #5B681B #1B6827

monochromatic

#120618 #2A0E37 #4E1B68 #722899 #9734C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.50

#4E1B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4E1B68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B68

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B68	1.00	12.50	1.68	12.50
#FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#123566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.132 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835c94',
    500: '#4e1b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b68;
$custom-light: #835c94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.74,
    "s": 58.779,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34057,
    "c": 0.1316,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B68

secondary

#619D42

accent

#E2467B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B68

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

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