#4E1E84#4E1E84

#4E1E84 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.159 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E84
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 132)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 77.3%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.37, 43.01, -48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.37, 64.57, 311.76°)
OKLab	oklab(36.74% 0.079 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(36.74% 0.159 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7700, 4.2141, 22.2294)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.85

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E84 #54841E

analogous

#1E2184 #4E1E84 #811E84

triadic

#4E1E84 #844E1E #1E844E

tetradic

#4E1E84 #841E21 #54841E #1E8481

square

#4E1E84 #841E21 #54841E #1E8481

split-complementary

#4E1E84 #84811E #21841E

monochromatic

#130720 #311352 #4E1E84 #6B29B6 #8A47D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#4E1E84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E1E84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E84

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E84	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003982

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.159 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fa9',
    500: '#4e1e84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e84;
$custom-light: #855fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36737,
    "c": 0.15869,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E84

secondary

#82B747

accent

#E64299

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E84

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

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