#4E1F8E#4E1F8E

#4E1F8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.169 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1F8E
RGB	rgb(78, 31, 142)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 78.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.42, 45.18, -52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.42, 69.41, 310.61°)
OKLab	oklab(37.75% 0.0754 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(37.75% 0.169 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5131, 4.5525, 26.0161)
Luminance	0.0455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1F8E #5F8E1F

analogous

#1F288E #4E1F8E #861F8E

triadic

#4E1F8E #8E4E1F #1F8E4E

tetradic

#4E1F8E #8E1F28 #5F8E1F #1F8E86

square

#4E1F8E #8E1F28 #5F8E1F #1F8E86

split-complementary

#4E1F8E #8E861F #288E1F

monochromatic

#17092A #32145C #4E1F8E #6A2AC0 #894FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.99

#4E1F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4E1F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1F8E

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1F8E	1.00	10.99	1.91	10.99
#FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 31, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.169 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8660b0',
    500: '#4e1f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1f8e;
$custom-light: #8660b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.405,
    "s": 64.162,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37752,
    "c": 0.16871,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1F8E

secondary

#8DBB4D

accent

#E741A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1F8E

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

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