#4E1F8F#4E1F8F

#4E1F8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.170 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1F8F
RGB	rgb(78, 31, 143)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 78.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.51, 45.44, -53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.51, 69.94, 310.52°)
OKLab	oklab(37.84% 0.0752 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(37.84% 0.17 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.5885, 4.5826, 26.4133)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1F8F #608F1F

analogous

#1F288F #4E1F8F #861F8F

triadic

#4E1F8F #8F4E1F #1F8F4E

tetradic

#4E1F8F #8F1F28 #608F1F #1F8F86

square

#4E1F8F #8F1F28 #608F1F #1F8F86

split-complementary

#4E1F8F #8F861F #288F1F

monochromatic

#17092A #33145D #4E1F8F #692AC1 #894FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#4E1F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4E1F8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1F8F

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1F8F	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 31, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.170 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8660b1',
    500: '#4e1f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1f8f;
$custom-light: #8660b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.179,
    "s": 64.368,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37844,
    "c": 0.16982,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1F8F

secondary

#8EBC4E

accent

#E740A1

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1F8F

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

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