#4E1F85#4E1F85

#4E1F85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.159 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1F85
RGB	rgb(78, 31, 133)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 76.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.62, 42.80, -48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.62, 64.60, 311.50°)
OKLab	oklab(36.94% 0.0778 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(36.94% 0.159 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8644, 4.2930, 22.6001)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1F85 #56851F

analogous

#1F2385 #4E1F85 #811F85

triadic

#4E1F85 #854E1F #1F854E

tetradic

#4E1F85 #851F23 #56851F #1F8581

square

#4E1F85 #851F23 #56851F #1F8581

split-complementary

#4E1F85 #85811F #23851F

monochromatic

#140822 #311353 #4E1F85 #6B2BB7 #8A4AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#4E1F85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E1F85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1F85

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1F85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1F85	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1f85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 31, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.159 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8560a9',
    500: '#4e1f85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1f85;
$custom-light: #8560a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1f85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.647,
    "s": 62.195,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3694,
    "c": 0.15866,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1F85

secondary

#84B749

accent

#E5439A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1F85

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

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