#4E146C#4E146C

#4E146C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.144 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E146C
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 108)
HSL	hsl(280, 69%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(280, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 81.5%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.84, 41.38, -38.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.84, 56.57, 317.01°)
OKLab	oklab(33.62% 0.0943 -0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(33.62% 0.144 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.0983, 3.2029, 14.4814)
Luminance	0.0320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E146C #326C14

analogous

#22146C #4E146C #6C145E

triadic

#4E146C #6C4E14 #146C4E

tetradic

#4E146C #6C2214 #326C14 #145E6C

square

#4E146C #6C2214 #326C14 #145E6C

split-complementary

#4E146C #5E6C14 #146C22

monochromatic

#13051A #290A38 #4E146C #731EA0 #9927D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.80

#4E146C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4E146C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E146C

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E146C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E146C	1.00	12.80	1.64	12.80
#FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e146c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.144 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835997',
    500: '#4e146c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e146c;
$custom-light: #835997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e146c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.545,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33622,
    "c": 0.14438,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E146C

secondary

#5DA339

accent

#EC3C78

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E146C

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

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