#4E1EA1#4E1EA1

#4E1EA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.191 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1EA1
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 161)
HSL	hsl(262, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 81%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 81.4%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.08, 50.66, -61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.08, 79.79, 309.41°)
OKLab	oklab(39.46% 0.0703 -0.1771)
OKLCH	oklch(39.46% 0.191 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.0374, 5.1211, 34.1709)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1EA1 #71A11E

analogous

#1E2FA1 #4E1EA1 #901EA1

triadic

#4E1EA1 #A14E1E #1EA14E

tetradic

#4E1EA1 #A11E2F #71A11E #1EA190

square

#4E1EA1 #A11E2F #71A11E #1EA190

split-complementary

#4E1EA1 #A1901E #2FA11E

monochromatic

#1C0B3A #35146D #4E1EA1 #6728D5 #8B59E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#4E1EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4E1EA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1EA1

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1EA1	1.00	10.37	2.02	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.191 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8961be',
    500: '#4e1ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1ea1;
$custom-light: #8961be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.985,
    "s": 68.586,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39456,
    "c": 0.19055,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1EA1

secondary

#9CC457

accent

#EB3CAB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1EA1

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

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