#4E1C85#4E1C85

#4E1C85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.162 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C85
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 133)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 78.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.14, 44.17, -49.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.14, 66.09, 311.93°)
OKLab	oklab(36.61% 0.0806 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(36.61% 0.162 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7897, 4.1436, 22.5751)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C85 #53851C

analogous

#1C1F85 #4E1C85 #831C85

triadic

#4E1C85 #854E1C #1C854E

tetradic

#4E1C85 #851C1F #53851C #1C8583

square

#4E1C85 #851C1F #53851C #1C8583

split-complementary

#4E1C85 #85831C #1F851C

monochromatic

#130720 #301152 #4E1C85 #6C27B8 #8A44D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#4E1C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E1C85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C85

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C85	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.162 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ea9',
    500: '#4e1c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c85;
$custom-light: #855ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36606,
    "c": 0.16199,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C85

secondary

#81B845

accent

#E84098

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C85

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

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