#4E116F#4E116F

#4E116F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.150 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E116F
RGB	rgb(78, 17, 111)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(279, 85%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 84.7%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.71, 43.18, -40.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.71, 59.36, 316.67°)
OKLab	oklab(33.61% 0.0962 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(33.61% 0.15 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.2110, 3.1684, 15.3202)
Luminance	0.0317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E116F #326F11

analogous

#1F116F #4E116F #6F1161

triadic

#4E116F #6F4E11 #116F4E

tetradic

#4E116F #6F1F11 #326F11 #11616F

square

#4E116F #6F1F11 #326F11 #11616F

split-complementary

#4E116F #616F11 #116F1F

monochromatic

#13041B #29093A #4E116F #7319A4 #9921D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.86

#4E116F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4E116F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E116F

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E116F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E116F	1.00	12.86	1.63	12.86
#FFFFFF	12.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492A41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e116f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 17, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.150 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845899',
    500: '#4e116f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e116f;
$custom-light: #845899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e116f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.936,
    "s": 73.438,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33608,
    "c": 0.15042,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E116F

secondary

#5DA635

accent

#F03878

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E116F

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

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