#4E1E8F#4E1E8F

#4E1E8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.171 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E8F
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 143)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 79%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.36, 45.89, -53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.36, 70.42, 310.67°)
OKLab	oklab(37.74% 0.076 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(37.74% 0.171 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5628, 4.5312, 26.4047)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E8F #5F8F1E

analogous

#1E268F #4E1E8F #871E8F

triadic

#4E1E8F #8F4E1E #1E8F4E

tetradic

#4E1E8F #8F1E26 #5F8F1E #1E8F87

square

#4E1E8F #8F1E26 #5F8F1E #1E8F87

split-complementary

#4E1E8F #8F871E #268F1E

monochromatic

#17092A #32135C #4E1E8F #6A29C2 #894EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#4E1E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4E1E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E8F

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E8F	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.171 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8660b1',
    500: '#4e1e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e8f;
$custom-light: #8660b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.487,
    "s": 65.318,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37735,
    "c": 0.17086,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E8F

secondary

#8DBC4C

accent

#E840A1

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E8F

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

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