#4E1686#4E1686

#4E1686 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.169 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1686
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 134)
HSL	hsl(270, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 83.6%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.39, 46.86, -51.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.39, 69.28, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(36.11% 0.0852 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(36.11% 0.169 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7308, 3.9147, 22.8979)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1686 #4E8616

analogous

#161686 #4E1686 #861686

triadic

#4E1686 #864E16 #16864E

tetradic

#4E1686 #861616 #4E8616 #168686

square

#4E1686 #861616 #4E8616 #168686

split-complementary

#4E1686 #868616 #168616

monochromatic

#11051D #2F0D51 #4E1686 #6D1FBB #8B38DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#4E1686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E1686 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1686

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1686	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41364F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.169 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865caa',
    500: '#4e1686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1686;
$custom-light: #865caa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36109,
    "c": 0.16898,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1686

secondary

#7CBA3E

accent

#EF3994

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1686

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

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