#4E1E85#4E1E85

#4E1E85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.160 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E85
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 133)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 77.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.45, 43.27, -48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.45, 65.11, 311.65°)
OKLab	oklab(36.83% 0.0788 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(36.83% 0.16 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8387, 4.2416, 22.5915)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E85 #55851E

analogous

#1E2285 #4E1E85 #821E85

triadic

#4E1E85 #854E1E #1E854E

tetradic

#4E1E85 #851E22 #55851E #1E8582

square

#4E1E85 #851E22 #55851E #1E8582

split-complementary

#4E1E85 #85821E #22851E

monochromatic

#130721 #311353 #4E1E85 #6B29B7 #8A48D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#4E1E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E1E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E85

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E85	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.160 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fa9',
    500: '#4e1e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e85;
$custom-light: #855fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.961,
    "s": 63.19,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36826,
    "c": 0.1598,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E85

secondary

#83B847

accent

#E64299

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E85

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

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