#4E1B8B#4E1B8B

#4E1B8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.170 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B8B
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 139)
HSL	hsl(267, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 80.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.54, 46.14, -52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.54, 69.72, 311.44°)
OKLab	oklab(37.05% 0.0797 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(37.05% 0.17 298)
XYZ	xyz(8.1928, 4.2675, 24.8132)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B8B #588B1B

analogous

#1B208B #4E1B8B #861B8B

triadic

#4E1B8B #8B4E1B #1B8B4E

tetradic

#4E1B8B #8B1B20 #588B1B #1B8B86

square

#4E1B8B #8B1B20 #588B1B #1B8B86

split-complementary

#4E1B8B #8B861B #208B1B

monochromatic

#140725 #311158 #4E1B8B #6B25BE #8A45DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.33

#4E1B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E1B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B8B

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B8B	1.00	11.33	1.85	11.33
#FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.170 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865eae',
    500: '#4e1b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b8b;
$custom-light: #865eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.321,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3705,
    "c": 0.16953,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.04268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B8B

secondary

#86BC45

accent

#EA3D9C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B8B

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

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