#4E1C8D#4E1C8D

#4E1C8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.171 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C8D
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 141)
HSL	hsl(267, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 80.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.87, 46.24, -52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.87, 70.31, 311.12°)
OKLab	oklab(37.34% 0.0783 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(37.34% 0.171 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3636, 4.3731, 25.5976)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C8D #5B8D1C

analogous

#1C228D #4E1C8D #861C8D

triadic

#4E1C8D #8D4E1C #1C8D4E

tetradic

#4E1C8D #8D1C22 #5B8D1C #1C8D86

square

#4E1C8D #8D1C22 #5B8D1C #1C8D86

split-complementary

#4E1C8D #8D861C #228D1C

monochromatic

#160827 #32125A #4E1C8D #6A26C0 #8949DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#4E1C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4E1C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C8D

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C8D	1.00	11.20	1.87	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.171 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865faf',
    500: '#4e1c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c8d;
$custom-light: #865faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.549,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37338,
    "c": 0.1707,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C8D

secondary

#89BD48

accent

#EA3E9E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C8D

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

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