#4E148F#4E148F

#4E148F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.180 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E148F
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 143)
HSL	hsl(268, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 86%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.01, 49.81, -55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.01, 74.67, 311.84°)
OKLab	oklab(36.8% 0.0833 -0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(36.8% 0.18 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.3487, 4.1030, 26.3334)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E148F #558F14

analogous

#14178F #4E148F #8C148F

triadic

#4E148F #8F4E14 #148F4E

tetradic

#4E148F #8F1417 #558F14 #148F8C

square

#4E148F #8F1417 #558F14 #148F8C

split-complementary

#4E148F #8F8C14 #178F14

monochromatic

#130524 #310C59 #4E148F #6B1CC5 #8A3AE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#4E148F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E148F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E148F

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E148F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E148F	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e148f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.180 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875bb1',
    500: '#4e148f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e148f;
$custom-light: #875bb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e148f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.293,
    "s": 75.46,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36801,
    "c": 0.17989,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E148F

secondary

#83C33C

accent

#F23699

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E148F

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

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