#4E1F8A#4E1F8A

#4E1F8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.164 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1F8A
RGB	rgb(78, 31, 138)
HSL	hsl(266, 63%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 77.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.06, 44.12, -50.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.06, 67.28, 310.98°)
OKLab	oklab(37.39% 0.0765 -0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(37.39% 0.164 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2181, 4.4345, 24.4628)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1F8A #5B8A1F

analogous

#1F258A #4E1F8A #831F8A

triadic

#4E1F8A #8A4E1F #1F8A4E

tetradic

#4E1F8A #8A1F25 #5B8A1F #1F8A83

square

#4E1F8A #8A1F25 #5B8A1F #1F8A83

split-complementary

#4E1F8A #8A831F #258A1F

monochromatic

#160926 #321458 #4E1F8A #6A2ABC #894CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#4E1F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4E1F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1F8A

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1F8A	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 31, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.164 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8660ad',
    500: '#4e1f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1f8a;
$custom-light: #8660ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.355,
    "s": 63.314,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37387,
    "c": 0.16425,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1F8A

secondary

#89BA4B

accent

#E6419E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1F8A

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

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