#4E198C#4E198C

#4E198C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.173 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E198C
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 140)
HSL	hsl(268, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 82.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.35, 47.21, -53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.35, 71.13, 311.59°)
OKLab	oklab(36.95% 0.0809 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(36.95% 0.173 298)
XYZ	xyz(8.2219, 4.2083, 25.1850)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E198C #578C19

analogous

#191E8C #4E198C #87198C

triadic

#4E198C #8C4E19 #198C4E

tetradic

#4E198C #8C191E #578C19 #198C87

square

#4E198C #8C191E #578C19 #198C87

split-complementary

#4E198C #8C8719 #1E8C19

monochromatic

#140624 #311058 #4E198C #6B22C0 #8A42DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#4E198C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E198C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E198C

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E198C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E198C	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e198c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.173 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865daf',
    500: '#4e198c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e198c;
$custom-light: #865daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e198c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.652,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36948,
    "c": 0.17252,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.04208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E198C

secondary

#85BE43

accent

#ED3B9B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E198C

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

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