#4E167C#4E167C

#4E167C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.159 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E167C
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 124)
HSL	hsl(273, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 82.3%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.47, 44.40, -46.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.47, 64.08, 313.86°)
OKLab	oklab(35.19% 0.0883 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(35.19% 0.159 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0660, 3.6488, 19.3969)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.84

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E167C #447C16

analogous

#1B167C #4E167C #7C1677

triadic

#4E167C #7C4E16 #167C4E

tetradic

#4E167C #7C1B16 #447C16 #16777C

square

#4E167C #7C1B16 #447C16 #16777C

split-complementary

#4E167C #777C16 #167C1B

monochromatic

#10051A #2D0D48 #4E167C #6F1FB0 #8E32DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#4E167C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E167C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E167C

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E167C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E167C	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e167c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.159 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ba3',
    500: '#4e167c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e167c;
$custom-light: #855ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e167c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.941,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35193,
    "c": 0.15864,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E167C

secondary

#71B13D

accent

#ED3B8B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E167C

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

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