#4E1B89#4E1B89

#4E1B89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.167 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B89
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 137)
HSL	hsl(268, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 80.3%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.35, 45.63, -51.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.35, 68.67, 311.64°)
OKLab	oklab(36.86% 0.0803 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(36.86% 0.167 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0480, 4.2096, 24.0506)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B89 #56891B

analogous

#1B1F89 #4E1B89 #851B89

triadic

#4E1B89 #894E1B #1B894E

tetradic

#4E1B89 #891B1F #56891B #1B8985

square

#4E1B89 #891B1F #56891B #1B8985

split-complementary

#4E1B89 #89851B #1F891B

monochromatic

#140723 #311156 #4E1B89 #6B25BC #8A44DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#4E1B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E1B89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B89

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B89	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.167 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865eac',
    500: '#4e1b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b89;
$custom-light: #865eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.818,
    "s": 67.073,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36865,
    "c": 0.16737,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B89

secondary

#84BC44

accent

#EA3E9A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B89

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

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