#4E188C#4E188C

#4E188C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.173 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E188C
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 140)
HSL	hsl(268, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 82.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.21, 47.61, -53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.21, 71.56, 311.70°)
OKLab	oklab(36.85% 0.0817 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(36.85% 0.173 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2009, 4.1663, 25.1780)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E188C #568C18

analogous

#181C8C #4E188C #88188C

triadic

#4E188C #8C4E18 #188C4E

tetradic

#4E188C #8C181C #568C18 #188C88

square

#4E188C #8C181C #568C18 #188C88

split-complementary

#4E188C #8C8818 #1C8C18

monochromatic

#140624 #310F58 #4E188C #6B21C0 #8A40DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#4E188C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E188C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E188C

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E188C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E188C	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e188c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.173 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865daf',
    500: '#4e188c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e188c;
$custom-light: #865daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e188c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.931,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36854,
    "c": 0.17343,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E188C

secondary

#84BF41

accent

#ED3A9A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E188C

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

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