#4E1B88#4E1B88

#4E1B88 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.166 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B88
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 136)
HSL	hsl(268, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 80.1%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.26, 45.37, -50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.26, 68.15, 311.74°)
OKLab	oklab(36.77% 0.0806 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(36.77% 0.166 299)
XYZ	xyz(7.9766, 4.1810, 23.6745)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B88 #55881B

analogous

#1B1F88 #4E1B88 #851B88

triadic

#4E1B88 #884E1B #1B884E

tetradic

#4E1B88 #881B1F #55881B #1B8885

square

#4E1B88 #881B1F #55881B #1B8885

split-complementary

#4E1B88 #88851B #1F881B

monochromatic

#130722 #311155 #4E1B88 #6B25BB #8A44DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#4E1B88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E1B88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B88

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B88	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.166 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865eac',
    500: '#4e1b88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b88;
$custom-light: #865eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.073,
    "s": 66.871,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36773,
    "c": 0.16629,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.04181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B88

secondary

#83BB44

accent

#EA3E99

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B88

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

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