#4E1B87#4E1B87

#4E1B87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.165 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B87
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 135)
HSL	hsl(268, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 80%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.17, 45.11, -50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.17, 67.62, 311.85°)
OKLab	oklab(36.68% 0.0809 -0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(36.68% 0.165 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9059, 4.1527, 23.3020)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B87 #54871B

analogous

#1B1E87 #4E1B87 #841B87

triadic

#4E1B87 #874E1B #1B874E

tetradic

#4E1B87 #871B1E #54871B #1B8784

square

#4E1B87 #871B1E #54871B #1B8784

split-complementary

#4E1B87 #87841B #1E871B

monochromatic

#130721 #311154 #4E1B87 #6B25BA #8A43D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#4E1B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E1B87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B87

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B87	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.165 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865eab',
    500: '#4e1b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b87;
$custom-light: #865eab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.333,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36682,
    "c": 0.16521,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B87

secondary

#82BA44

accent

#EA3E99

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B87

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

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