#4E1C8F#4E1C8F

#4E1C8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.173 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C8F
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 143)
HSL	hsl(266, 67%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 80.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.05, 46.76, -53.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.05, 71.36, 310.93°)
OKLab	oklab(37.53% 0.0776 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(37.53% 0.173 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.5137, 4.4332, 26.3884)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C8F #5D8F1C

analogous

#1C238F #4E1C8F #871C8F

triadic

#4E1C8F #8F4E1C #1C8F4E

tetradic

#4E1C8F #8F1C23 #5D8F1C #1C8F87

square

#4E1C8F #8F1C23 #5D8F1C #1C8F87

split-complementary

#4E1C8F #8F871C #238F1C

monochromatic

#160829 #32125C #4E1C8F #6A26C2 #894ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#4E1C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4E1C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C8F

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C8F	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.173 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875fb1',
    500: '#4e1c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c8f;
$custom-light: #875fb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 67.251,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37525,
    "c": 0.17287,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C8F

secondary

#8BBE49

accent

#EA3E9F

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C8F

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

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