#4E1C8B#4E1C8B

#4E1C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.169 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C8B
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 139)
HSL	hsl(267, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 79.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.68, 45.72, -52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.68, 69.26, 311.30°)
OKLab	oklab(37.15% 0.0789 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(37.15% 0.169 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2161, 4.3141, 24.8209)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C8B #598B1C

analogous

#1C218B #4E1C8B #851C8B

triadic

#4E1C8B #8B4E1C #1C8B4E

tetradic

#4E1C8B #8B1C21 #598B1C #1C8B85

square

#4E1C8B #8B1C21 #598B1C #1C8B85

split-complementary

#4E1C8B #8B851C #218B1C

monochromatic

#150725 #311258 #4E1C8B #6B26BE #8947DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#4E1C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E1C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C8B

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C8B	1.00	11.27	1.86	11.27
#FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.169 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fae',
    500: '#4e1c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c8b;
$custom-light: #865fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.027,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37153,
    "c": 0.16852,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C8B

secondary

#87BC47

accent

#E93E9C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C8B

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

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