#4E1E88#4E1E88

#4E1E88 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.163 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E88
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 136)
HSL	hsl(267, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 77.9%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.72, 44.05, -50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.72, 66.71, 311.32°)
OKLab	oklab(37.1% 0.078 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(37.1% 0.163 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.0490, 4.3257, 23.6987)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E88 #58881E

analogous

#1E2388 #4E1E88 #831E88

triadic

#4E1E88 #884E1E #1E884E

tetradic

#4E1E88 #881E23 #58881E #1E8883

square

#4E1E88 #881E23 #58881E #1E8883

split-complementary

#4E1E88 #88831E #23881E

monochromatic

#140824 #311356 #4E1E88 #6B29BA #8A49D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#4E1E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4E1E88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E88

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E88	1.00	11.26	1.87	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.163 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fac',
    500: '#4e1e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e88;
$custom-light: #865fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.17,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37095,
    "c": 0.16312,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E88

secondary

#86B949

accent

#E7419C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E88

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

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