#4E1E8A#4E1E8A

#4E1E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.165 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E8A
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 138)
HSL	hsl(267, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 78.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.90, 44.57, -51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.90, 67.77, 311.12°)
OKLab	oklab(37.28% 0.0774 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(37.28% 0.165 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1924, 4.3831, 24.4542)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E8A #5A8A1E

analogous

#1E248A #4E1E8A #841E8A

triadic

#4E1E8A #8A4E1E #1E8A4E

tetradic

#4E1E8A #8A1E24 #5A8A1E #1E8A84

square

#4E1E8A #8A1E24 #5A8A1E #1E8A84

split-complementary

#4E1E8A #8A841E #248A1E

monochromatic

#150825 #321358 #4E1E8A #6A29BC #894BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#4E1E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4E1E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E8A

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E8A	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.165 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fad',
    500: '#4e1e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e8a;
$custom-light: #865fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37276,
    "c": 0.16534,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E8A

secondary

#88BA4A

accent

#E7419D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E8A

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

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