#4E1C91#4E1C91

#4E1C91 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.175 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C91
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 145)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 81%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 80.7%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.24, 47.28, -54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.24, 72.41, 310.76°)
OKLab	oklab(37.71% 0.077 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(37.71% 0.175 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.6666, 4.4943, 27.1934)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C91 #5F911C

analogous

#1C2591 #4E1C91 #891C91

triadic

#4E1C91 #914E1C #1C914E

tetradic

#4E1C91 #911C25 #5F911C #1C9189

square

#4E1C91 #911C25 #5F911C #1C9189

split-complementary

#4E1C91 #91891C #25911C

monochromatic

#17082A #32125E #4E1C91 #6A26C4 #894BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#4E1C91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4E1C91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C91

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C91	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.175 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875fb2',
    500: '#4e1c91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c91;
$custom-light: #875fb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.641,
    "s": 67.63,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37713,
    "c": 0.17504,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C91

secondary

#8DBE4A

accent

#EB3DA0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C91

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

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