#4E1E90#4E1E90

#4E1E90 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.172 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E90
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 144)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 79.2%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.45, 46.15, -53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.45, 70.95, 310.58°)
OKLab	oklab(37.83% 0.0757 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(37.83% 0.172 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.6389, 4.5617, 26.8055)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E90 #60901E

analogous

#1E2790 #4E1E90 #871E90

triadic

#4E1E90 #904E1E #1E904E

tetradic

#4E1E90 #901E27 #60901E #1E9087

square

#4E1E90 #901E27 #60901E #1E9087

split-complementary

#4E1E90 #90871E #27901E

monochromatic

#17092B #33135D #4E1E90 #6929C3 #894EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#4E1E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4E1E90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E90

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E90	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.172 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8760b1',
    500: '#4e1e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e90;
$custom-light: #8760b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.263,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37827,
    "c": 0.17196,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E90

secondary

#8EBD4D

accent

#E83FA1

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E90

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

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