#4E167A#4E167A

#4E167A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.157 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E167A
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 122)
HSL	hsl(274, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 82%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.30, 43.91, -45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.30, 63.03, 314.16°)
OKLab	oklab(35.02% 0.0889 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(35.02% 0.157 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9408, 3.5987, 18.7375)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.03

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E167A #427A16

analogous

#1C167A #4E167A #7A1674

triadic

#4E167A #7A4E16 #167A4E

tetradic

#4E167A #7A1C16 #427A16 #16747A

square

#4E167A #7A1C16 #427A16 #16747A

split-complementary

#4E167A #747A16 #167A1C

monochromatic

#11051A #2D0D46 #4E167A #6F1FAE #8F31DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.21

#4E167A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E167A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E167A

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E167A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E167A	1.00	12.21	1.72	12.21
#FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e167a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.157 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ba1',
    500: '#4e167a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e167a;
$custom-light: #855ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e167a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.6,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35015,
    "c": 0.15657,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E167A

secondary

#6FAF3D

accent

#EC3C89

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E167A

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

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