#4E1B6A#4E1B6A

#4E1B6A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.134 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B6A
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 106)
HSL	hsl(279, 59%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(279, 75%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 74.5%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.74, 37.88, -35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.74, 52.13, 316.61°)
OKLab	oklab(34.21% 0.0874 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(34.21% 0.134 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.1348, 3.4443, 13.9745)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B6A #376A1B

analogous

#261B6A #4E1B6A #6A1B5E

triadic

#4E1B6A #6A4E1B #1B6A4E

tetradic

#4E1B6A #6A261B #376A1B #1B5E6A

square

#4E1B6A #6A261B #376A1B #1B5E6A

split-complementary

#4E1B6A #5E6A1B #1B6A26

monochromatic

#120618 #2A0F39 #4E1B6A #72279B #9634CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.43

#4E1B6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4E1B6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B6A

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B6A	1.00	12.43	1.69	12.43
#FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E3568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.134 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835c95',
    500: '#4e1b6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b6a;
$custom-light: #835c95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.734,
    "s": 59.398,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34212,
    "c": 0.13376,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B6A

secondary

#639F42

accent

#E3457D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B6A

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

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