#4E1B6B#4E1B6B

#4E1B6B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.135 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B6B
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 107)
HSL	hsl(278, 60%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(278, 75%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 74.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.82, 38.12, -36.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.82, 52.67, 316.37°)
OKLab	oklab(34.29% 0.0872 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(34.29% 0.135 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1871, 3.4652, 14.2500)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B6B #386B1B

analogous

#261B6B #4E1B6B #6B1B60

triadic

#4E1B6B #6B4E1B #1B6B4E

tetradic

#4E1B6B #6B261B #386B1B #1B606B

square

#4E1B6B #6B261B #386B1B #1B606B

split-complementary

#4E1B6B #606B1B #1B6B26

monochromatic

#120618 #2A0F3A #4E1B6B #72279C #9535CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#4E1B6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4E1B6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B6B

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B6B	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D3569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.135 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835c96',
    500: '#4e1b6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b6b;
$custom-light: #835c96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.25,
    "s": 59.701,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3429,
    "c": 0.13484,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B6B

secondary

#64A042

accent

#E3457E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B6B

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

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