#4E1F8C#4E1F8C

#4E1F8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.166 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1F8C
RGB	rgb(78, 31, 140)
HSL	hsl(266, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 77.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.24, 44.65, -51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.24, 68.34, 310.79°)
OKLab	oklab(37.57% 0.076 -0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(37.57% 0.166 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.3643, 4.4930, 25.2324)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1F8C #5D8C1F

analogous

#1F268C #4E1F8C #841F8C

triadic

#4E1F8C #8C4E1F #1F8C4E

tetradic

#4E1F8C #8C1F26 #5D8C1F #1F8C84

square

#4E1F8C #8C1F26 #5D8C1F #1F8C84

split-complementary

#4E1F8C #8C841F #268C1F

monochromatic

#160928 #32145A #4E1F8C #6A2ABE #894ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#4E1F8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4E1F8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1F8C

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1F8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1F8C	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1f8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 31, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.166 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8660af',
    500: '#4e1f8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1f8c;
$custom-light: #8660af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1f8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.872,
    "s": 63.743,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37569,
    "c": 0.16648,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1F8C

secondary

#8BBB4C

accent

#E7419F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1F8C

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

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