#4E146A#4E146A

#4E146A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.142 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E146A
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 106)
HSL	hsl(280, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(280, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 81.1%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.68, 40.92, -37.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.68, 55.53, 317.47°)
OKLab	oklab(33.46% 0.0947 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(33.46% 0.142 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.9931, 3.1608, 13.9273)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E146A #306A14

analogous

#23146A #4E146A #6A145B

triadic

#4E146A #6A4E14 #146A4E

tetradic

#4E146A #6A2314 #306A14 #145B6A

square

#4E146A #6A2314 #306A14 #145B6A

split-complementary

#4E146A #5B6A14 #146A23

monochromatic

#13051A #280A37 #4E146A #741E9D #9A27D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.87

#4E146A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4E146A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E146A

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E146A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E146A	1.00	12.87	1.63	12.87
#FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A293F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e146a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.142 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835995',
    500: '#4e146a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e146a;
$custom-light: #835995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e146a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.465,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33458,
    "c": 0.14236,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E146A

secondary

#5BA139

accent

#EB3D75

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E146A

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

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