#4E1E83#4E1E83

#4E1E83 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.158 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E83
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 131)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 77.1%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.28, 42.75, -47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.28, 64.04, 311.88°)
OKLab	oklab(36.65% 0.0793 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(36.65% 0.158 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7019, 4.1869, 21.8707)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.86

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E83 #53831E

analogous

#1E2183 #4E1E83 #811E83

triadic

#4E1E83 #834E1E #1E834E

tetradic

#4E1E83 #831E21 #53831E #1E8381

square

#4E1E83 #831E21 #53831E #1E8381

split-complementary

#4E1E83 #83811E #21831E

monochromatic

#13071F #301351 #4E1E83 #6C29B5 #8A47D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#4E1E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E1E83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E83

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E83	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003986

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42384F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.158 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fa8',
    500: '#4e1e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e83;
$custom-light: #855fa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.515,
    "s": 62.733,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36649,
    "c": 0.15757,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E83

secondary

#81B647

accent

#E64298

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E83

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

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