#4E146B#4E146B

#4E146B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.143 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E146B
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 107)
HSL	hsl(280, 69%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(280, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 81.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.76, 41.15, -38.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.76, 56.05, 317.24°)
OKLab	oklab(33.54% 0.0945 -0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(33.54% 0.143 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.0454, 3.1817, 14.2027)
Luminance	0.0318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E146B #316B14

analogous

#23146B #4E146B #6B145D

triadic

#4E146B #6B4E14 #146B4E

tetradic

#4E146B #6B2314 #316B14 #145D6B

square

#4E146B #6B2314 #316B14 #145D6B

split-complementary

#4E146B #5D6B14 #146B23

monochromatic

#13051A #280A37 #4E146B #741E9F #9927D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.83

#4E146B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4E146B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E146B

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E146B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E146B	1.00	12.83	1.64	12.83
#FFFFFF	12.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A293F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e146b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.143 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835996',
    500: '#4e146b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e146b;
$custom-light: #835996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e146b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 68.504,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3354,
    "c": 0.14337,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E146B

secondary

#5CA239

accent

#EB3C77

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E146B

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

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