#4E1B85#4E1B85

#4E1B85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.163 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B85
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 133)
HSL	hsl(269, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 79.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.99, 44.60, -49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.99, 66.56, 312.07°)
OKLab	oklab(36.5% 0.0815 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(36.5% 0.163 300)
XYZ	xyz(7.7664, 4.0969, 22.5674)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B85 #52851B

analogous

#1B1D85 #4E1B85 #831B85

triadic

#4E1B85 #854E1B #1B854E

tetradic

#4E1B85 #851B1D #52851B #1B8583

square

#4E1B85 #851B1D #52851B #1B8583

split-complementary

#4E1B85 #85831B #1D851B

monochromatic

#12061F #301152 #4E1B85 #6C25B8 #8A42D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#4E1B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E1B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B85

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B85	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.163 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ea9',
    500: '#4e1b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b85;
$custom-light: #855ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.868,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.365,
    "c": 0.16306,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.04097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B85

secondary

#80B844

accent

#E93F97

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B85

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

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