#4E1C8C#4E1C8C

#4E1C8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.170 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C8C
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 140)
HSL	hsl(267, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 80%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.78, 45.98, -52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.78, 69.79, 311.21°)
OKLab	oklab(37.24% 0.0786 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(37.24% 0.17 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2895, 4.3435, 25.2075)
Luminance	0.0434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C8C #5A8C1C

analogous

#1C228C #4E1C8C #861C8C

triadic

#4E1C8C #8C4E1C #1C8C4E

tetradic

#4E1C8C #8C1C22 #5A8C1C #1C8C86

square

#4E1C8C #8C1C22 #5A8C1C #1C8C86

split-complementary

#4E1C8C #8C861C #228C1C

monochromatic

#150826 #321259 #4E1C8C #6A26BF #8948DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.24

#4E1C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4E1C8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C8C

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C8C	1.00	11.24	1.87	11.24
#FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.170 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865faf',
    500: '#4e1c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c8c;
$custom-light: #865faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.786,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37245,
    "c": 0.16961,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C8C

secondary

#88BC48

accent

#EA3E9D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C8C

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

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