#4E1B82#4E1B82

#4E1B82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.160 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B82
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 130)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 79%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 79.2%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.72, 43.84, -47.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.72, 64.98, 312.43°)
OKLab	oklab(36.23% 0.0823 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(36.23% 0.16 301)
XYZ	xyz(7.5621, 4.0152, 21.4914)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.33

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B82 #4F821B

analogous

#1B1B82 #4E1B82 #811B82

triadic

#4E1B82 #824E1B #1B824E

tetradic

#4E1B82 #821B1B #4F821B #1B8281

square

#4E1B82 #821B1B #4F821B #1B8281

split-complementary

#4E1B82 #82811B #1B821B

monochromatic

#11061D #30104F #4E1B82 #6C26B5 #8B40D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#4E1B82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E1B82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B82

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B82	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42364E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.160 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ea7',
    500: '#4e1b82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b82;
$custom-light: #855ea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.709,
    "s": 65.605,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3623,
    "c": 0.15981,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.04015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B82

secondary

#7DB643

accent

#E93F95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B82

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

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