#4E166D#4E166D

#4E166D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.143 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E166D
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 109)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(279, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 79.8%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.20, 40.81, -38.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.20, 56.20, 316.56°)
OKLab	oklab(33.9% 0.0922 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(33.9% 0.143 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1886, 3.2978, 14.7756)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E166D #356D16

analogous

#23166D #4E166D #6D1660

triadic

#4E166D #6D4E16 #166D4E

tetradic

#4E166D #6D2316 #356D16 #16606D

square

#4E166D #6D2316 #356D16 #16606D

split-complementary

#4E166D #606D16 #166D23

monochromatic

#120519 #2A0C3A #4E166D #7220A0 #972BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.65

#4E166D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4E166D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E166D

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E166D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E166D	1.00	12.65	1.66	12.65
#FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e166d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.143 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835a97',
    500: '#4e166d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e166d;
$custom-light: #835a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e166d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.621,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33902,
    "c": 0.14316,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E166D

secondary

#61A33C

accent

#E93E7B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E166D

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

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