#4E1D8F#4E1D8F

#4E1D8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.172 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1D8F
RGB	rgb(78, 29, 143)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 79.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.20, 46.33, -53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.20, 70.90, 310.80°)
OKLab	oklab(37.63% 0.0768 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(37.63% 0.172 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.5379, 4.4814, 26.3964)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1D8F #5E8F1D

analogous

#1D258F #4E1D8F #871D8F

triadic

#4E1D8F #8F4E1D #1D8F4E

tetradic

#4E1D8F #8F1D25 #5E8F1D #1D8F87

square

#4E1D8F #8F1D25 #5E8F1D #1D8F87

split-complementary

#4E1D8F #8F871D #258F1D

monochromatic

#160829 #32135C #4E1D8F #6A27C2 #894CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#4E1D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4E1D8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1D8F

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1D8F	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 29, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.172 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875fb1',
    500: '#4e1d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1d8f;
$custom-light: #875fb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.789,
    "s": 66.279,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37628,
    "c": 0.17187,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1D8F

secondary

#8CBD4B

accent

#E93FA0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1D8F

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

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