#4E198B#4E198B

#4E198B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.171 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E198B
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 139)
HSL	hsl(268, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 82%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.25, 46.96, -52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.25, 70.61, 311.69°)
OKLab	oklab(36.85% 0.0813 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(36.85% 0.171 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1485, 4.1789, 24.7984)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E198B #568B19

analogous

#191D8B #4E198B #87198B

triadic

#4E198B #8B4E19 #198B4E

tetradic

#4E198B #8B191D #568B19 #198B87

square

#4E198B #8B191D #568B19 #198B87

split-complementary

#4E198B #8B8719 #1D8B19

monochromatic

#140623 #311057 #4E198B #6B22BF #8A41DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#4E198B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E198B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E198B

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E198B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E198B	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e198b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.171 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865dae',
    500: '#4e198b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e198b;
$custom-light: #865dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e198b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.895,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36854,
    "c": 0.17146,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E198B

secondary

#84BE42

accent

#EC3B9A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E198B

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

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