#4E1B8C#4E1B8C

#4E1B8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.171 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B8C
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 140)
HSL	hsl(267, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 80.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.63, 46.40, -52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.63, 70.25, 311.34°)
OKLab	oklab(37.14% 0.0794 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(37.14% 0.171 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2662, 4.2969, 25.1997)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B8C #598C1B

analogous

#1B208C #4E1B8C #871B8C

triadic

#4E1B8C #8C4E1B #1B8C4E

tetradic

#4E1B8C #8C1B20 #598C1B #1B8C87

square

#4E1B8C #8C1B20 #598C1B #1B8C87

split-complementary

#4E1B8C #8C871B #208C1B

monochromatic

#150725 #311159 #4E1B8C #6B25BF #8946DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#4E1B8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E1B8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B8C

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B8C	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.171 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865eaf',
    500: '#4e1b8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b8c;
$custom-light: #865eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.08,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37143,
    "c": 0.17061,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B8C

secondary

#87BD46

accent

#EB3D9C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B8C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →