#4E1C9D#4E1C9D

#4E1C9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.188 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C9D
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 157)
HSL	hsl(263, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 82.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.40, 50.42, -60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.40, 78.61, 309.89°)
OKLab	oklab(38.87% 0.073 -0.1732)
OKLCH	oklch(38.87% 0.188 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.6412, 4.8842, 32.3265)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C9D #6B9D1C

analogous

#1C2A9D #4E1C9D #8F1C9D

triadic

#4E1C9D #9D4E1C #1C9D4E

tetradic

#4E1C9D #9D1C2A #6B9D1C #1C9D8F

square

#4E1C9D #9D1C2A #6B9D1C #1C9D8F

split-complementary

#4E1C9D #9D8F1C #2A9D1C

monochromatic

#1A0935 #341369 #4E1C9D #6825D1 #8A53E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#4E1C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4E1C9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C9D

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C9D	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.188 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8960bb',
    500: '#4e1c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c9d;
$custom-light: #8960bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.256,
    "s": 69.73,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38869,
    "c": 0.18797,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C9D

secondary

#97C351

accent

#ED3BA8

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C9D

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

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