#4E1CA1#4E1CA1

#4E1CA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.192 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1CA1
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 161)
HSL	hsl(263, 70%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 82.6%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.80, 51.47, -62.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.80, 80.65, 309.65°)
OKLab	oklab(39.26% 0.0716 -0.1784)
OKLCH	oklch(39.26% 0.192 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.9883, 5.0230, 34.1546)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1CA1 #6FA11C

analogous

#1C2DA1 #4E1CA1 #901CA1

triadic

#4E1CA1 #A14E1C #1CA14E

tetradic

#4E1CA1 #A11C2D #6FA11C #1CA190

square

#4E1CA1 #A11C2D #6FA11C #1CA190

split-complementary

#4E1CA1 #A1901C #2DA11C

monochromatic

#1B0A39 #35136D #4E1CA1 #6725D5 #8A56E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#4E1CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4E1CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1CA1

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1CA1	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.192 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8960be',
    500: '#4e1ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1ca1;
$custom-light: #8960be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.556,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39264,
    "c": 0.19227,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1CA1

secondary

#9AC554

accent

#ED3BAA

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1CA1

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

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