#4E1C89#4E1C89

#4E1C89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.166 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C89
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 137)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 79.6%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.50, 45.20, -51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.50, 68.21, 311.50°)
OKLab	oklab(36.97% 0.0794 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(36.97% 0.166 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0713, 4.2562, 24.0583)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C89 #57891C

analogous

#1C2089 #4E1C89 #851C89

triadic

#4E1C89 #894E1C #1C894E

tetradic

#4E1C89 #891C20 #57891C #1C8985

square

#4E1C89 #891C20 #57891C #1C8985

split-complementary

#4E1C89 #89851C #20891C

monochromatic

#140723 #311256 #4E1C89 #6B26BC #8A46D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#4E1C89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E1C89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C89

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C89	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.166 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865eac',
    500: '#4e1c89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c89;
$custom-light: #865eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.523,
    "s": 66.061,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36969,
    "c": 0.16635,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C89

secondary

#85BB46

accent

#E93F9B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C89

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

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