#4E1E87#4E1E87

#4E1E87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.162 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E87
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 135)
HSL	hsl(267, 64%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 77.8%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.63, 43.79, -49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.63, 66.18, 311.43°)
OKLab	oklab(37% 0.0782 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(37% 0.162 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9782, 4.2974, 23.3261)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E87 #57871E

analogous

#1E2287 #4E1E87 #831E87

triadic

#4E1E87 #874E1E #1E874E

tetradic

#4E1E87 #871E22 #57871E #1E8783

square

#4E1E87 #871E22 #57871E #1E8783

split-complementary

#4E1E87 #87831E #22871E

monochromatic

#140823 #311355 #4E1E87 #6B29B9 #8A49D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#4E1E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E1E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E87

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E87	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.162 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fab',
    500: '#4e1e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e87;
$custom-light: #855fab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.429,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37005,
    "c": 0.16201,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E87

secondary

#85B948

accent

#E7419B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E87

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

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