#4E116D#4E116D

#4E116D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.148 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E116D
RGB	rgb(78, 17, 109)
HSL	hsl(280, 73%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(280, 84%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 84.4%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.54, 42.72, -39.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.54, 58.33, 317.09°)
OKLab	oklab(33.44% 0.0967 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(33.44% 0.148 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.1021, 3.1249, 14.7467)
Luminance	0.0313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E116D #306D11

analogous

#20116D #4E116D #6D115E

triadic

#4E116D #6D4E11 #116D4E

tetradic

#4E116D #6D2011 #306D11 #115E6D

square

#4E116D #6D2011 #306D11 #115E6D

split-complementary

#4E116D #5E6D11 #116D20

monochromatic

#13041A #280938 #4E116D #7419A2 #9A22D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.92

#4E116D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4E116D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E116D

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E116D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E116D	1.00	12.92	1.63	12.92
#FFFFFF	12.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e116d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 17, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.148 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845898',
    500: '#4e116d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e116d;
$custom-light: #845898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e116d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.783,
    "s": 73.016,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33437,
    "c": 0.14847,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E116D

secondary

#5BA535

accent

#F03876

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E116D

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

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