#4E1B8A#4E1B8A

#4E1B8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.168 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B8A
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 138)
HSL	hsl(268, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 80.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.44, 45.88, -51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.44, 69.20, 311.54°)
OKLab	oklab(36.96% 0.08 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(36.96% 0.168 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1201, 4.2384, 24.4301)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B8A #578A1B

analogous

#1B1F8A #4E1B8A #861B8A

triadic

#4E1B8A #8A4E1B #1B8A4E

tetradic

#4E1B8A #8A1B1F #578A1B #1B8A86

square

#4E1B8A #8A1B1F #578A1B #1B8A86

split-complementary

#4E1B8A #8A861B #1F8A1B

monochromatic

#140724 #311157 #4E1B8A #6B25BD #8A45DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#4E1B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E1B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B8A

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B8A	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.168 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ead',
    500: '#4e1b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b8a;
$custom-light: #865ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.568,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36958,
    "c": 0.16845,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B8A

secondary

#85BC45

accent

#EA3E9B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B8A

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

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