#4E1B7D#4E1B7D

#4E1B7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.154 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B7D
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 125)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 78.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.28, 42.57, -45.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.28, 62.32, 313.08°)
OKLab	oklab(35.79% 0.0836 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(35.79% 0.154 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2346, 3.8842, 19.7666)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.55

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B7D #4A7D1B

analogous

#1D1B7D #4E1B7D #7D1B7B

triadic

#4E1B7D #7D4E1B #1B7D4E

tetradic

#4E1B7D #7D1D1B #4A7D1B #1B7B7D

square

#4E1B7D #7D1D1B #4A7D1B #1B7B7D

split-complementary

#4E1B7D #7B7D1B #1B7D1D

monochromatic

#100519 #2F104B #4E1B7D #6D26AF #8C3DD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#4E1B7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E1B7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B7D

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B7D	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.154 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855da3',
    500: '#4e1b7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b7d;
$custom-light: #855da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.224,
    "s": 64.474,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35788,
    "c": 0.15439,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B7D

secondary

#78B143

accent

#E74090

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B7D

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

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