#4E1B6E#4E1B6E

#4E1B6E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.138 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B6E
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 110)
HSL	hsl(277, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 75.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.05, 38.85, -37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.05, 54.28, 315.70°)
OKLab	oklab(34.53% 0.0868 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(34.53% 0.138 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.3477, 3.5295, 15.0957)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B6E #3B6E1B

analogous

#241B6E #4E1B6E #6E1B65

triadic

#4E1B6E #6E4E1B #1B6E4E

tetradic

#4E1B6E #6E241B #3B6E1B #1B656E

square

#4E1B6E #6E241B #3B6E1B #1B656E

split-complementary

#4E1B6E #656E1B #1B6E24

monochromatic

#110619 #2B0F3D #4E1B6E #71279F #9336CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#4E1B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4E1B6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B6E

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B6E	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#06356C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.138 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d98',
    500: '#4e1b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b6e;
$custom-light: #835d98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.867,
    "s": 60.584,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34529,
    "c": 0.1381,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B6E

secondary

#67A342

accent

#E44482

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B6E

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

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