#4E188F#4E188F

#4E188F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.177 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E188F
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 143)
HSL	hsl(267, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 83.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.50, 48.37, -54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.50, 73.11, 311.42°)
OKLab	oklab(37.14% 0.0807 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(37.14% 0.177 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.4251, 4.2560, 26.3589)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E188F #598F18

analogous

#181E8F #4E188F #89188F

triadic

#4E188F #8F4E18 #188F4E

tetradic

#4E188F #8F181E #598F18 #188F89

square

#4E188F #8F181E #598F18 #188F89

split-complementary

#4E188F #8F8918 #1E8F18

monochromatic

#150626 #310F5B #4E188F #6B21C3 #8942DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#4E188F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E188F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E188F

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E188F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E188F	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e188f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.177 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875db1',
    500: '#4e188f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e188f;
$custom-light: #875db1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e188f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.227,
    "s": 71.257,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3714,
    "c": 0.17659,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E188F

secondary

#87C043

accent

#EE3A9C

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E188F

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

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