#4E1C82#4E1C82

#4E1C82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.159 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C82
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 130)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 78.5%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.88, 43.39, -47.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.88, 64.49, 312.29°)
OKLab	oklab(36.34% 0.0814 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(36.34% 0.159 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5854, 4.0619, 21.4991)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.51

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C82 #50821C

analogous

#1C1D82 #4E1C82 #811C82

triadic

#4E1C82 #824E1C #1C824E

tetradic

#4E1C82 #821C1D #50821C #1C8281

square

#4E1C82 #821C1D #50821C #1C8281

split-complementary

#4E1C82 #82811C #1D821C

monochromatic

#12061D #301150 #4E1C82 #6C27B4 #8B42D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#4E1C82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4E1C82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C82

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C82	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.159 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ea7',
    500: '#4e1c82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c82;
$custom-light: #855ea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.412,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36337,
    "c": 0.15872,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C82

secondary

#7EB544

accent

#E84096

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C82

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