#4E1B7F#4E1B7F

#4E1B7F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.157 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B7F
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 127)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 79%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 78.7%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.46, 43.07, -46.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.46, 63.38, 312.81°)
OKLab	oklab(35.96% 0.0831 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(35.96% 0.157 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3637, 3.9358, 20.4463)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.43

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B7F #4C7F1B

analogous

#1C1B7F #4E1B7F #7F1B7E

triadic

#4E1B7F #7F4E1B #1B7F4E

tetradic

#4E1B7F #7F1C1B #4C7F1B #1B7E7F

square

#4E1B7F #7F1C1B #4C7F1B #1B7E7F

split-complementary

#4E1B7F #7E7F1B #1B7F1C

monochromatic

#10061A #2F104D #4E1B7F #6D26B1 #8C3ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#4E1B7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E1B7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B7F

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B7F	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.157 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855da5',
    500: '#4e1b7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b7f;
$custom-light: #855da5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.6,
    "s": 64.935,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35963,
    "c": 0.15656,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B7F

secondary

#7AB343

accent

#E84092

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B7F

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