#4E1D8E#4E1D8E

#4E1D8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.171 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1D8E
RGB	rgb(78, 29, 142)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 79.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.11, 46.07, -53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.11, 70.37, 310.89°)
OKLab	oklab(37.54% 0.0771 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(37.54% 0.171 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4624, 4.4512, 25.9993)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1D8E #5D8E1D

analogous

#1D248E #4E1D8E #861D8E

triadic

#4E1D8E #8E4E1D #1D8E4E

tetradic

#4E1D8E #8E1D24 #5D8E1D #1D8E86

square

#4E1D8E #8E1D24 #5D8E1D #1D8E86

split-complementary

#4E1D8E #8E861D #248E1D

monochromatic

#160828 #32135B #4E1D8E #6A27C1 #894BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#4E1D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4E1D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1D8E

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1D8E	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 29, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.171 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fb0',
    500: '#4e1d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1d8e;
$custom-light: #865fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.018,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37535,
    "c": 0.17079,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1D8E

secondary

#8BBD4A

accent

#E93F9F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1D8E

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

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