#4E1E97#4E1E97

#4E1E97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.180 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E97
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 151)
HSL	hsl(264, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 80.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.11, 48.01, -57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.11, 74.62, 310.04°)
OKLab	oklab(38.49% 0.0736 -0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(38.49% 0.18 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1905, 4.7823, 29.7110)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E97 #67971E

analogous

#1E2A97 #4E1E97 #8B1E97

triadic

#4E1E97 #974E1E #1E974E

tetradic

#4E1E97 #971E2A #67971E #1E978B

square

#4E1E97 #971E2A #67971E #1E978B

split-complementary

#4E1E97 #978B1E #2A971E

monochromatic

#190A31 #341464 #4E1E97 #6828CA #8953DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#4E1E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4E1E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E97

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E97	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.180 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8860b7',
    500: '#4e1e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e97;
$custom-light: #8860b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.802,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38487,
    "c": 0.17965,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E97

secondary

#94C051

accent

#EA3EA6

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E97

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

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