#4E1B80#4E1B80

#4E1B80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.158 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B80
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 128)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(270, 79%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 78.9%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.55, 43.33, -46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.55, 63.91, 312.68°)
OKLab	oklab(36.05% 0.0828 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(36.05% 0.158 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4292, 3.9620, 20.7912)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.39

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B80 #4D801B

analogous

#1C1B80 #4E1B80 #801B7F

triadic

#4E1B80 #804E1B #1B804E

tetradic

#4E1B80 #801C1B #4D801B #1B7F80

square

#4E1B80 #801C1B #4D801B #1B7F80

split-complementary

#4E1B80 #7F801B #1B801C

monochromatic

#10061B #2F104D #4E1B80 #6D26B3 #8B3FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#4E1B80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E1B80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B80

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B80	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43354D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.158 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855da6',
    500: '#4e1b80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b80;
$custom-light: #855da6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.297,
    "s": 65.161,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36052,
    "c": 0.15764,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B80

secondary

#7BB443

accent

#E84093

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B80

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

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