#4E166C#4E166C

#4E166C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.142 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E166C
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 108)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(279, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 79.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.12, 40.57, -38.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.12, 55.67, 316.79°)
OKLab	oklab(33.82% 0.0924 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(33.82% 0.142 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.1350, 3.2764, 14.4937)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E166C #346C16

analogous

#23166C #4E166C #6C165F

triadic

#4E166C #6C4E16 #166C4E

tetradic

#4E166C #6C2316 #346C16 #165F6C

square

#4E166C #6C2316 #346C16 #165F6C

split-complementary

#4E166C #5F6C16 #166C23

monochromatic

#120519 #290C39 #4E166C #73209F #972BD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.69

#4E166C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4E166C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E166C

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E166C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E166C	1.00	12.69	1.66	12.69
#FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#02346A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e166c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.142 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835a97',
    500: '#4e166c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e166c;
$custom-light: #835a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e166c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.07,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33819,
    "c": 0.14213,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E166C

secondary

#5FA23C

accent

#E93F7A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E166C

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

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