#4E1B90#4E1B90

#4E1B90 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.175 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B90
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 144)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 81.3%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.00, 47.43, -54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.00, 72.34, 310.98°)
OKLab	oklab(37.52% 0.0781 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(37.52% 0.175 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.5665, 4.4170, 26.7814)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B90 #5D901B

analogous

#1B2290 #4E1B90 #881B90

triadic

#4E1B90 #904E1B #1B904E

tetradic

#4E1B90 #901B22 #5D901B #1B9088

square

#4E1B90 #901B22 #5D901B #1B9088

split-complementary

#4E1B90 #90881B #22901B

monochromatic

#160829 #32115C #4E1B90 #6A25C4 #8949DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#4E1B90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4E1B90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B90

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B90	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.175 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875eb2',
    500: '#4e1b90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b90;
$custom-light: #875eb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.154,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37519,
    "c": 0.17491,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B90

secondary

#8BBF48

accent

#EB3D9F

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B90

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

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