#4E136C#4E136C

#4E136C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.145 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E136C
RGB	rgb(78, 19, 108)
HSL	hsl(280, 70%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(280, 82%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 82.4%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.71, 41.76, -38.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.71, 57.00, 317.11°)
OKLab	oklab(33.53% 0.0952 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(33.53% 0.145 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.0810, 3.1683, 14.4757)
Luminance	0.0317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E136C #316C13

analogous

#21136C #4E136C #6C135E

triadic

#4E136C #6C4E13 #136C4E

tetradic

#4E136C #6C2113 #316C13 #135E6C

square

#4E136C #6C2113 #316C13 #135E6C

split-complementary

#4E136C #5E6C13 #136C21

monochromatic

#13051A #280A38 #4E136C #741CA0 #9925D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.86

#4E136C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4E136C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E136C

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E136C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E136C	1.00	12.86	1.63	12.86
#FFFFFF	12.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A293F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e136c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 19, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.145 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835997',
    500: '#4e136c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e136c;
$custom-light: #835997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e136c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.775,
    "s": 70.079,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33529,
    "c": 0.14545,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E136C

secondary

#5CA338

accent

#ED3B77

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E136C

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

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