#4E1D85#4E1D85

#4E1D85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.161 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1D85
RGB	rgb(78, 29, 133)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 78.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.30, 43.72, -48.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.30, 65.60, 311.79°)
OKLab	oklab(36.71% 0.0797 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(36.71% 0.161 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8138, 4.1918, 22.5832)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1D85 #54851D

analogous

#1D2085 #4E1D85 #821D85

triadic

#4E1D85 #854E1D #1D854E

tetradic

#4E1D85 #851D20 #54851D #1D8582

square

#4E1D85 #851D20 #54851D #1D8582

split-complementary

#4E1D85 #85821D #20851D

monochromatic

#130721 #311253 #4E1D85 #6B28B7 #8A46D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#4E1D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E1D85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1D85

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1D85	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 29, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.161 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fa9',
    500: '#4e1d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1d85;
$custom-light: #855fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.269,
    "s": 64.198,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36714,
    "c": 0.1609,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1D85

secondary

#82B846

accent

#E74199

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1D85

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

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