#4E1B6C#4E1B6C

#4E1B6C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.136 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B6C
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 108)
HSL	hsl(278, 60%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(278, 75%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 75%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.90, 38.37, -36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.90, 53.21, 316.14°)
OKLab	oklab(34.37% 0.0871 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(34.37% 0.136 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2401, 3.4864, 14.5287)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B6C #396C1B

analogous

#261B6C #4E1B6C #6C1B62

triadic

#4E1B6C #6C4E1B #1B6C4E

tetradic

#4E1B6C #6C261B #396C1B #1B626C

square

#4E1B6C #6C261B #396C1B #1B626C

split-complementary

#4E1B6C #626C1B #1B6C26

monochromatic

#120618 #2B0F3B #4E1B6C #71279D #9435CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#4E1B6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E1B6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B6C

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B6C	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B356A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.136 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835c97',
    500: '#4e1b6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b6c;
$custom-light: #835c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.778,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34369,
    "c": 0.13593,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B6C

secondary

#65A142

accent

#E3457F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B6C

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

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