#4E136B#4E136B

#4E136B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.144 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E136B
RGB	rgb(78, 19, 107)
HSL	hsl(280, 70%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(280, 82%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 82.2%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.62, 41.54, -38.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.62, 56.48, 317.34°)
OKLab	oklab(33.45% 0.0954 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(33.45% 0.144 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0281, 3.1471, 14.1970)
Luminance	0.0315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E136B #306B13

analogous

#22136B #4E136B #6B135C

triadic

#4E136B #6B4E13 #136B4E

tetradic

#4E136B #6B2213 #306B13 #135C6B

square

#4E136B #6B2213 #306B13 #135C6B

split-complementary

#4E136B #5C6B13 #136B22

monochromatic

#13051A #280A37 #4E136B #741C9F #9A25D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.89

#4E136B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4E136B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E136B

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E136B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E136B	1.00	12.89	1.63	12.89
#FFFFFF	12.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A293F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e136b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 19, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.144 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835996',
    500: '#4e136b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e136b;
$custom-light: #835996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e136b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.227,
    "s": 69.841,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33446,
    "c": 0.14445,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E136B

secondary

#5BA238

accent

#ED3B76

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E136B

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

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