#4E1D8C#4E1D8C

#4E1D8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.169 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1D8C
RGB	rgb(78, 29, 140)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 79.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.93, 45.54, -52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.93, 69.32, 311.07°)
OKLab	oklab(37.35% 0.0777 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(37.35% 0.169 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3136, 4.3917, 25.2155)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1D8C #5B8C1D

analogous

#1D248C #4E1D8C #851D8C

triadic

#4E1D8C #8C4E1D #1D8C4E

tetradic

#4E1D8C #8C1D24 #5B8C1D #1D8C85

square

#4E1D8C #8C1D24 #5B8C1D #1D8C85

split-complementary

#4E1D8C #8C851D #248C1D

monochromatic

#160827 #321259 #4E1D8C #6A28BF #894AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#4E1D8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4E1D8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1D8C

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1D8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1D8C	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1d8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 29, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.169 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865faf',
    500: '#4e1d8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1d8c;
$custom-light: #865faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1d8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.486,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3735,
    "c": 0.16859,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1D8C

secondary

#89BC49

accent

#E93F9E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1D8C

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

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