#4E1D83#4E1D83

#4E1D83 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.159 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1D83
RGB	rgb(78, 29, 131)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 77.9%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.12, 43.20, -47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.12, 64.54, 312.02°)
OKLab	oklab(36.54% 0.0802 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(36.54% 0.159 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6770, 4.1371, 21.8624)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.68

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1D83 #52831D

analogous

#1D1F83 #4E1D83 #811D83

triadic

#4E1D83 #834E1D #1D834E

tetradic

#4E1D83 #831D1F #52831D #1D8381

square

#4E1D83 #831D1F #52831D #1D8381

split-complementary

#4E1D83 #83811D #1F831D

monochromatic

#12071F #301251 #4E1D83 #6C28B5 #8A45D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#4E1D83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E1D83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1D83

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1D83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1D83	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003986

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42384F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1d83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 29, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.159 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fa8',
    500: '#4e1d83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1d83;
$custom-light: #855fa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1d83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.824,
    "s": 63.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36536,
    "c": 0.15871,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1D83

secondary

#80B646

accent

#E74197

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1D83

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

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