#4E18A1#4E18A1

#4E18A1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.195 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E18A1
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 161)
HSL	hsl(264, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(264, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 85.1%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.29, 52.96, -62.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.29, 82.26, 310.08°)
OKLab	oklab(38.91% 0.0741 -0.1808)
OKLCH	oklch(38.91% 0.195 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.8997, 4.8458, 34.1250)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E18A1 #6BA118

analogous

#1826A1 #4E18A1 #9318A1

triadic

#4E18A1 #A14E18 #18A14E

tetradic

#4E18A1 #A11826 #6BA118 #18A193

square

#4E18A1 #A11826 #6BA118 #18A193

split-complementary

#4E18A1 #A19318 #26A118

monochromatic

#1A0836 #34106C #4E18A1 #6820D6 #8A4FE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#4E18A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4E18A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E18A1

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E18A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E18A1	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31425F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e18a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.195 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895ebe',
    500: '#4e18a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e18a1;
$custom-light: #895ebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e18a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.65,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38914,
    "c": 0.19542,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E18A1

secondary

#97C74E

accent

#F137A8

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E18A1

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