#4E1B8E#4E1B8E

#4E1B8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.173 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B8E
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 142)
HSL	hsl(267, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 81%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.82, 46.92, -53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.82, 71.29, 311.15°)
OKLab	oklab(37.33% 0.0787 -0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(37.33% 0.173 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.4150, 4.3564, 25.9834)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B8E #5B8E1B

analogous

#1B218E #4E1B8E #871B8E

triadic

#4E1B8E #8E4E1B #1B8E4E

tetradic

#4E1B8E #8E1B21 #5B8E1B #1B8E87

square

#4E1B8E #8E1B21 #5B8E1B #1B8E87

split-complementary

#4E1B8E #8E871B #218E1B

monochromatic

#160727 #32115B #4E1B8E #6A25C1 #8947DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#4E1B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4E1B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B8E

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B8E	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.173 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875eb0',
    500: '#4e1b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b8e;
$custom-light: #875eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.609,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3733,
    "c": 0.17276,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B8E

secondary

#89BE47

accent

#EB3D9E

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B8E

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

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