#4E1B83#4E1B83

#4E1B83 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.161 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B83
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 131)
HSL	hsl(269, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 79.4%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.81, 44.09, -48.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.81, 65.51, 312.30°)
OKLab	oklab(36.32% 0.082 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(36.32% 0.161 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6295, 4.0422, 21.8466)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.31

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B83 #50831B

analogous

#1B1C83 #4E1B83 #821B83

triadic

#4E1B83 #834E1B #1B834E

tetradic

#4E1B83 #831B1C #50831B #1B8382

square

#4E1B83 #831B1C #50831B #1B8382

split-complementary

#4E1B83 #83821B #1C831B

monochromatic

#12061E #301150 #4E1B83 #6C25B6 #8B41D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.61

#4E1B83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4E1B83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B83

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B83	1.00	11.61	1.81	11.61
#FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003881

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.161 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ea8',
    500: '#4e1b83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b83;
$custom-light: #855ea8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.423,
    "s": 65.823,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36319,
    "c": 0.16089,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B83

secondary

#7EB643

accent

#E93F96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B83

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

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