#4E18A0#4E18A0

#4E18A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.194 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E18A0
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 160)
HSL	hsl(264, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(264, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 85%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.19, 52.71, -62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.19, 81.75, 310.14°)
OKLab	oklab(38.81% 0.0744 -0.1796)
OKLCH	oklch(38.81% 0.194 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.8119, 4.8107, 33.6625)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E18A0 #6AA018

analogous

#1826A0 #4E18A0 #9218A0

triadic

#4E18A0 #A04E18 #18A04E

tetradic

#4E18A0 #A01826 #6AA018 #18A092

square

#4E18A0 #A01826 #6AA018 #18A092

split-complementary

#4E18A0 #A09218 #26A018

monochromatic

#1A0836 #34106B #4E18A0 #6820D5 #8A4EE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#4E18A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4E18A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E18A0

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E18A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E18A0	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32425F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e18a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.194 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895ebd',
    500: '#4e18a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e18a0;
$custom-light: #895ebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e18a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.824,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38813,
    "c": 0.19438,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E18A0

secondary

#96C64D

accent

#F137A7

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E18A0

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