#4E1C80#4E1C80

#4E1C80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.157 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C80
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 128)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 78.1%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.70, 42.88, -46.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.70, 63.43, 312.54°)
OKLab	oklab(36.16% 0.0819 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(36.16% 0.157 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4525, 4.0087, 20.7990)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.57

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C80 #4E801C

analogous

#1C1C80 #4E1C80 #801C80

triadic

#4E1C80 #804E1C #1C804E

tetradic

#4E1C80 #801C1C #4E801C #1C8080

square

#4E1C80 #801C1C #4E801C #1C8080

split-complementary

#4E1C80 #80801C #1C801C

monochromatic

#11061C #2F114E #4E1C80 #6D27B2 #8B41D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#4E1C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E1C80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C80

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C80	1.00	11.66	1.80	11.66
#FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003883

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.157 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ea6',
    500: '#4e1c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c80;
$custom-light: #855ea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3616,
    "c": 0.15653,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C80

secondary

#7CB344

accent

#E74194

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C80

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

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