#4E1D86#4E1D86

#4E1D86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.162 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1D86
RGB	rgb(78, 29, 134)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 78.4%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.38, 43.98, -49.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.38, 66.14, 311.68°)
OKLab	oklab(36.8% 0.0794 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(36.8% 0.162 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8832, 4.2196, 22.9488)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1D86 #55861D

analogous

#1D2186 #4E1D86 #831D86

triadic

#4E1D86 #864E1D #1D864E

tetradic

#4E1D86 #861D21 #55861D #1D8683

square

#4E1D86 #861D21 #55861D #1D8683

split-complementary

#4E1D86 #86831D #21861D

monochromatic

#130721 #311254 #4E1D86 #6B28B8 #8A46D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#4E1D86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E1D86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1D86

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1D86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1D86	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1d86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 29, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.162 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855faa',
    500: '#4e1d86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1d86;
$custom-light: #855faa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1d86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36804,
    "c": 0.16201,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1D86

secondary

#83B946

accent

#E74099

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1D86

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

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