#4E166B#4E166B

#4E166B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.141 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E166B
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 107)
HSL	hsl(280, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(280, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 79.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.04, 40.34, -37.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.04, 55.15, 317.01°)
OKLab	oklab(33.74% 0.0926 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(33.74% 0.141 311)
XYZ	xyz(6.0821, 3.2552, 14.2150)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E166B #336B16

analogous

#23166B #4E166B #6B165D

triadic

#4E166B #6B4E16 #166B4E

tetradic

#4E166B #6B2316 #336B16 #165D6B

square

#4E166B #6B2316 #336B16 #165D6B

split-complementary

#4E166B #5D6B16 #166B23

monochromatic

#130519 #290C38 #4E166B #73209E #982BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.72

#4E166B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E166B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E166B

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E166B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E166B	1.00	12.72	1.65	12.72
#FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#053369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e166b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.141 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835a96',
    500: '#4e166b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e166b;
$custom-light: #835a96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e166b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.529,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33738,
    "c": 0.1411,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.03255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E166B

secondary

#5EA13B

accent

#E93F79

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E166B

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

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