#4E136D#4E136D

#4E136D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.146 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E136D
RGB	rgb(78, 19, 109)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(279, 83%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 82.6%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.79, 41.99, -39.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.79, 57.52, 316.89°)
OKLab	oklab(33.61% 0.095 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(33.61% 0.146 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.1345, 3.1897, 14.7575)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E136D #326D13

analogous

#21136D #4E136D #6D135F

triadic

#4E136D #6D4E13 #136D4E

tetradic

#4E136D #6D2113 #326D13 #135F6D

square

#4E136D #6D2113 #326D13 #135F6D

split-complementary

#4E136D #5F6D13 #136D21

monochromatic

#13051A #290A39 #4E136D #731CA1 #9925D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.82

#4E136D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4E136D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E136D

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E136D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E136D	1.00	12.82	1.64	12.82
#FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e136d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 19, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.146 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845997',
    500: '#4e136d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e136d;
$custom-light: #845997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e136d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.333,
    "s": 70.313,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33613,
    "c": 0.14644,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E136D

secondary

#5DA438

accent

#ED3B78

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E136D

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

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