#4E1B7E#4E1B7E

#4E1B7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.155 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B7E
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 126)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 79%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 78.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.37, 42.82, -46.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.37, 62.85, 312.95°)
OKLab	oklab(35.88% 0.0833 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(35.88% 0.155 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.2988, 3.9099, 20.1048)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.49

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B7E #4B7E1B

analogous

#1C1B7E #4E1B7E #7E1B7D

triadic

#4E1B7E #7E4E1B #1B7E4E

tetradic

#4E1B7E #7E1C1B #4B7E1B #1B7D7E

square

#4E1B7E #7E1C1B #4B7E1B #1B7D7E

split-complementary

#4E1B7E #7D7E1B #1B7E1C

monochromatic

#100519 #2F104C #4E1B7E #6D26B0 #8C3ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#4E1B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E1B7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B7E

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B7E	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.155 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855da4',
    500: '#4e1b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b7e;
$custom-light: #855da4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.909,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35875,
    "c": 0.15547,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B7E

secondary

#79B243

accent

#E84091

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B7E

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