#4E1CA9#4E1CA9

#4E1CA9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.201 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1CA9
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 169)
HSL	hsl(261, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(261, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 83.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.61, 53.57, -65.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.61, 84.70, 309.23°)
OKLab	oklab(40.07% 0.0687 -0.1887)
OKLCH	oklch(40.07% 0.201 290)
XYZ	xyz(10.7165, 5.3143, 37.9895)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1CA9 #77A91C

analogous

#1C30A9 #4E1CA9 #941CA9

triadic

#4E1CA9 #A94E1C #1CA94E

tetradic

#4E1CA9 #A91C30 #77A91C #1CA994

square

#4E1CA9 #A91C30 #77A91C #1CA994

split-complementary

#4E1CA9 #A9941C #30A91C

monochromatic

#1E0B40 #361374 #4E1CA9 #6727DB #8C5BE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#4E1CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4E1CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1CA9

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1CA9	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.201 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a60c4',
    500: '#4e1ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1ca9;
$custom-light: #8a60c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.277,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40067,
    "c": 0.20081,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.05315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1CA9

secondary

#A1C859

accent

#EE39AE

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0513

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1CA9

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

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