#4E1B6D#4E1B6D

#4E1B6D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.137 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B6D
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 109)
HSL	hsl(277, 60%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 75.2%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.97, 38.61, -37.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.97, 53.74, 315.92°)
OKLab	oklab(34.45% 0.0869 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(34.45% 0.137 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.2936, 3.5078, 14.8106)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B6D #3A6D1B

analogous

#251B6D #4E1B6D #6D1B63

triadic

#4E1B6D #6D4E1B #1B6D4E

tetradic

#4E1B6D #6D251B #3A6D1B #1B636D

square

#4E1B6D #6D251B #3A6D1B #1B636D

split-complementary

#4E1B6D #636D1B #1B6D25

monochromatic

#120619 #2B0F3C #4E1B6D #71279E #9435CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#4E1B6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E1B6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B6D

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B6D	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#08356B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.137 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835c97',
    500: '#4e1b6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b6d;
$custom-light: #835c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.317,
    "s": 60.294,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34449,
    "c": 0.13702,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B6D

secondary

#66A242

accent

#E34481

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B6D

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

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