#4E1D8A#4E1D8A

#4E1D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.166 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1D8A
RGB	rgb(78, 29, 138)
HSL	hsl(267, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 79%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.74, 45.02, -51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.74, 68.26, 311.27°)
OKLab	oklab(37.17% 0.0783 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(37.17% 0.166 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.1675, 4.3333, 24.4459)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1D8A #598A1D

analogous

#1D238A #4E1D8A #841D8A

triadic

#4E1D8A #8A4E1D #1D8A4E

tetradic

#4E1D8A #8A1D23 #598A1D #1D8A84

square

#4E1D8A #8A1D23 #598A1D #1D8A84

split-complementary

#4E1D8A #8A841D #238A1D

monochromatic

#150825 #311257 #4E1D8A #6B28BD #8949D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#4E1D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4E1D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1D8A

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1D8A	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 29, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.166 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fad',
    500: '#4e1d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1d8a;
$custom-light: #865fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.972,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37167,
    "c": 0.1664,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1D8A

secondary

#87BB48

accent

#E8409C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1D8A

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

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