#4E138E#4E138E

#4E138E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.180 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E138E
RGB	rgb(78, 19, 142)
HSL	hsl(269, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 86.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.80, 49.89, -55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.80, 74.52, 312.03°)
OKLab	oklab(36.63% 0.0844 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(36.63% 0.18 298)
XYZ	xyz(8.2560, 4.0383, 25.9304)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E138E #538E13

analogous

#13168E #4E138E #8C138E

triadic

#4E138E #8E4E13 #138E4E

tetradic

#4E138E #8E1316 #538E13 #138E8C

square

#4E138E #8E1316 #538E13 #138E8C

split-complementary

#4E138E #8E8C13 #168E13

monochromatic

#130522 #300C58 #4E138E #6C1AC4 #8A37E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#4E138E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4E138E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E138E

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E138E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E138E	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e138e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 19, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.180 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875bb0',
    500: '#4e138e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e138e;
$custom-light: #875bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e138e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.78,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36626,
    "c": 0.17964,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.04038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E138E

secondary

#81C23B

accent

#F33598

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E138E

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

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