#4E146F#4E146F

#4E146F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.147 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E146F
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 111)
HSL	hsl(278, 69%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(278, 82%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 82%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.09, 42.08, -40.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.09, 58.14, 316.36°)
OKLab	oklab(33.87% 0.0936 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(33.87% 0.147 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.2607, 3.2678, 15.3368)
Luminance	0.0327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E146F #356F14

analogous

#20146F #4E146F #6F1462

triadic

#4E146F #6F4E14 #146F4E

tetradic

#4E146F #6F2014 #356F14 #14626F

square

#4E146F #6F2014 #356F14 #14626F

split-complementary

#4E146F #626F14 #146F20

monochromatic

#12051A #2A0B3B #4E146F #721DA3 #9727D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.70

#4E146F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E146F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E146F

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E146F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E146F	1.00	12.70	1.65	12.70
#FFFFFF	12.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e146f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.147 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845999',
    500: '#4e146f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e146f;
$custom-light: #845999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e146f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.242,
    "s": 69.466,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33874,
    "c": 0.1474,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E146F

secondary

#61A639

accent

#EC3C7C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E146F

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

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