#4E1E82#4E1E82

#4E1E82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.156 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E82
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 130)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 76.9%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.19, 42.49, -47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.19, 63.50, 312.00°)
OKLab	oklab(36.56% 0.0795 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(36.56% 0.156 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6344, 4.1599, 21.5155)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.88

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E82 #52821E

analogous

#1E2082 #4E1E82 #801E82

triadic

#4E1E82 #824E1E #1E824E

tetradic

#4E1E82 #821E20 #52821E #1E8280

square

#4E1E82 #821E20 #52821E #1E8280

split-complementary

#4E1E82 #82801E #20821E

monochromatic

#12071F #301350 #4E1E82 #6C29B4 #8A46D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#4E1E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E1E82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E82

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E82	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.156 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fa7',
    500: '#4e1e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e82;
$custom-light: #855fa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36561,
    "c": 0.15646,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E82

secondary

#80B547

accent

#E64297

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E82

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