#4E1C84#4E1C84

#4E1C84 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.161 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C84
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 132)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 78.8%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.05, 43.91, -48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.05, 65.56, 312.05°)
OKLab	oklab(36.52% 0.0809 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(36.52% 0.161 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7210, 4.1161, 22.2130)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.49

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C84 #52841C

analogous

#1C1E84 #4E1C84 #821C84

triadic

#4E1C84 #844E1C #1C844E

tetradic

#4E1C84 #841C1E #52841C #1C8482

square

#4E1C84 #841C1E #52841C #1C8482

split-complementary

#4E1C84 #84821C #1E841C

monochromatic

#12071F #301152 #4E1C84 #6C27B6 #8A43D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#4E1C84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E1C84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C84

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C84	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003882

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41384F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.161 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ea9',
    500: '#4e1c84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c84;
$custom-light: #855ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.846,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36516,
    "c": 0.1609,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C84

secondary

#80B745

accent

#E84097

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C84

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