#4E146D#4E146D

#4E146D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.145 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E146D
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 109)
HSL	hsl(279, 69%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(279, 82%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 81.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.92, 41.61, -39.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.92, 57.09, 316.79°)
OKLab	oklab(33.71% 0.0941 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(33.71% 0.145 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1518, 3.2243, 14.7633)
Luminance	0.0322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E146D #336D14

analogous

#21146D #4E146D #6D145F

triadic

#4E146D #6D4E14 #146D4E

tetradic

#4E146D #6D2114 #336D14 #145F6D

square

#4E146D #6D2114 #336D14 #145F6D

split-complementary

#4E146D #5F6D14 #146D21

monochromatic

#13051A #290B39 #4E146D #731DA1 #9827D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.77

#4E146D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4E146D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E146D

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E146D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E146D	1.00	12.77	1.64	12.77
#FFFFFF	12.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e146d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.145 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835997',
    500: '#4e146d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e146d;
$custom-light: #835997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e146d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.101,
    "s": 68.992,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33706,
    "c": 0.14539,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E146D

secondary

#5EA439

accent

#EC3C79

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E146D

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

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