#4E1D8D#4E1D8D

#4E1D8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.170 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1D8D
RGB	rgb(78, 29, 141)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 79.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.02, 45.80, -52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.02, 69.85, 310.98°)
OKLab	oklab(37.44% 0.0774 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(37.44% 0.17 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3877, 4.4213, 25.6056)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1D8D #5C8D1D

analogous

#1D248D #4E1D8D #861D8D

triadic

#4E1D8D #8D4E1D #1D8D4E

tetradic

#4E1D8D #8D1D24 #5C8D1D #1D8D86

square

#4E1D8D #8D1D24 #5C8D1D #1D8D86

split-complementary

#4E1D8D #8D861D #248D1D

monochromatic

#160827 #32135A #4E1D8D #6A27C0 #894BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#4E1D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4E1D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1D8D

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1D8D	1.00	11.14	1.88	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 29, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.170 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865faf',
    500: '#4e1d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1d8d;
$custom-light: #865faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37443,
    "c": 0.16969,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1D8D

secondary

#8ABC4A

accent

#E93F9F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1D8D

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

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