#4E1B8F#4E1B8F

#4E1B8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.174 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B8F
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 143)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 81.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.91, 47.17, -54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.91, 71.81, 311.06°)
OKLab	oklab(37.43% 0.0784 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(37.43% 0.174 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4904, 4.3866, 26.3806)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B8F #5C8F1B

analogous

#1B228F #4E1B8F #881B8F

triadic

#4E1B8F #8F4E1B #1B8F4E

tetradic

#4E1B8F #8F1B22 #5C8F1B #1B8F88

square

#4E1B8F #8F1B22 #5C8F1B #1B8F88

split-complementary

#4E1B8F #8F881B #228F1B

monochromatic

#160828 #32115C #4E1B8F #6A25C2 #8948DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#4E1B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4E1B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B8F

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B8F	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.174 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875eb1',
    500: '#4e1b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b8f;
$custom-light: #875eb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.379,
    "s": 68.235,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37425,
    "c": 0.17383,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B8F

secondary

#8ABE48

accent

#EB3D9E

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B8F

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

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