#4E188E#4E188E

#4E188E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.176 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E188E
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 142)
HSL	hsl(267, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 83.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.40, 48.11, -54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.40, 72.59, 311.51°)
OKLab	oklab(37.05% 0.081 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(37.05% 0.176 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3497, 4.2258, 25.9617)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E188E #588E18

analogous

#181D8E #4E188E #89188E

triadic

#4E188E #8E4E18 #188E4E

tetradic

#4E188E #8E181D #588E18 #188E89

square

#4E188E #8E181D #588E18 #188E89

split-complementary

#4E188E #8E8918 #1D8E18

monochromatic

#140625 #310F5A #4E188E #6B21C2 #8A41DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#4E188E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E188E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E188E

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E188E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E188E	1.00	11.38	1.85	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e188e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.176 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875db0',
    500: '#4e188e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e188e;
$custom-light: #875db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e188e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.458,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37045,
    "c": 0.17554,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E188E

secondary

#86C042

accent

#EE3A9C

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E188E

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

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