#4E166F#4E166F

#4E166F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.145 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E166F
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 111)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(278, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 80.2%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.36, 41.28, -39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.36, 57.25, 316.14°)
OKLab	oklab(34.07% 0.0917 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(34.07% 0.145 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2975, 3.3413, 15.3490)
Luminance	0.0334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E166F #376F16

analogous

#21166F #4E166F #6F1663

triadic

#4E166F #6F4E16 #166F4E

tetradic

#4E166F #6F2116 #376F16 #16636F

square

#4E166F #6F2116 #376F16 #16636F

split-complementary

#4E166F #636F16 #166F21

monochromatic

#12051A #2A0C3C #4E166F #7220A2 #962BD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.59

#4E166F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4E166F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E166F

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E166F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E166F	1.00	12.59	1.67	12.59
#FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e166f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.145 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845a99',
    500: '#4e166f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e166f;
$custom-light: #845a99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e166f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.753,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34068,
    "c": 0.14522,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E166F

secondary

#63A53C

accent

#EA3E7E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E166F

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

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