#4E136E#4E136E

#4E136E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.147 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E136E
RGB	rgb(78, 19, 110)
HSL	hsl(279, 71%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(279, 83%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 82.7%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.87, 42.22, -39.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.87, 58.04, 316.68°)
OKLab	oklab(33.7% 0.0947 -0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(33.7% 0.147 310)
XYZ	xyz(6.1887, 3.2114, 15.0427)
Luminance	0.0321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E136E #336E13

analogous

#20136E #4E136E #6E1360

triadic

#4E136E #6E4E13 #136E4E

tetradic

#4E136E #6E2013 #336E13 #13606E

square

#4E136E #6E2013 #336E13 #13606E

split-complementary

#4E136E #606E13 #136E20

monochromatic

#13051A #290A3A #4E136E #731CA2 #9825D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.79

#4E136E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4E136E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E136E

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E136E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E136E	1.00	12.79	1.64	12.79
#FFFFFF	12.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492A41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e136e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 19, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.147 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845998',
    500: '#4e136e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e136e;
$custom-light: #845998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e136e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.901,
    "s": 70.543,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33697,
    "c": 0.14744,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.03211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E136E

secondary

#5EA538

accent

#ED3A79

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E136E

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

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