#4E1B8D#4E1B8D

#4E1B8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.172 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B8D
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 141)
HSL	hsl(267, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 80.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.72, 46.66, -53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.72, 70.77, 311.24°)
OKLab	oklab(37.24% 0.0791 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(37.24% 0.172 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.3403, 4.3265, 25.5898)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B8D #5A8D1B

analogous

#1B218D #4E1B8D #871B8D

triadic

#4E1B8D #8D4E1B #1B8D4E

tetradic

#4E1B8D #8D1B21 #5A8D1B #1B8D87

square

#4E1B8D #8D1B21 #5A8D1B #1B8D87

split-complementary

#4E1B8D #8D871B #218D1B

monochromatic

#150726 #32115A #4E1B8D #6A25C0 #8947DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#4E1B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4E1B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B8D

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B8D	1.00	11.26	1.87	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.172 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865eaf',
    500: '#4e1b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b8d;
$custom-light: #865eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.842,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37237,
    "c": 0.17168,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B8D

secondary

#88BD46

accent

#EB3D9D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B8D

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

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