#4E1E8C#4E1E8C

#4E1E8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.168 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E8C
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 140)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 78.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.08, 45.10, -52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.08, 68.84, 310.93°)
OKLab	oklab(37.46% 0.0769 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(37.46% 0.168 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3385, 4.4415, 25.2238)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E8C #5C8C1E

analogous

#1E258C #4E1E8C #851E8C

triadic

#4E1E8C #8C4E1E #1E8C4E

tetradic

#4E1E8C #8C1E25 #5C8C1E #1E8C85

square

#4E1E8C #8C1E25 #5C8C1E #1E8C85

split-complementary

#4E1E8C #8C851E #258C1E

monochromatic

#160827 #32135A #4E1E8C #6A29BE #894CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.12

#4E1E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4E1E8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E8C

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E8C	1.00	11.12	1.89	11.12
#FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.168 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8660af',
    500: '#4e1e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e8c;
$custom-light: #8660af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.182,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37458,
    "c": 0.16755,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E8C

secondary

#8ABB4B

accent

#E8409F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E8C

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

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