#4E1B7B#4E1B7B

#4E1B7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.152 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B7B
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 123)
HSL	hsl(272, 64%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 78%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 78%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.11, 42.06, -44.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.11, 61.25, 313.37°)
OKLab	oklab(35.61% 0.0841 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(35.61% 0.152 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1081, 3.8336, 19.1005)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.71

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B7B #487B1B

analogous

#1E1B7B #4E1B7B #7B1B78

triadic

#4E1B7B #7B4E1B #1B7B4E

tetradic

#4E1B7B #7B1E1B #487B1B #1B787B

square

#4E1B7B #7B1E1B #487B1B #1B787B

split-complementary

#4E1B7B #787B1B #1B7B1E

monochromatic

#100619 #2E1049 #4E1B7B #6E26AD #8D3CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.89

#4E1B7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4E1B7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B7B

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B7B	1.00	11.89	1.77	11.89
#FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.152 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845da2',
    500: '#4e1b7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b7b;
$custom-light: #845da2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.875,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35614,
    "c": 0.15222,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B7B

secondary

#76AF43

accent

#E7418F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B7B

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