#4E168D#4E168D

#4E168D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.176 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E168D
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(268, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.05, 48.61, -54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.05, 72.89, 311.83°)
OKLab	oklab(36.77% 0.0828 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(36.77% 0.176 298)
XYZ	xyz(8.2353, 4.1165, 25.5548)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E168D #558D16

analogous

#161A8D #4E168D #8A168D

triadic

#4E168D #8D4E16 #168D4E

tetradic

#4E168D #8D161A #558D16 #168D8A

square

#4E168D #8D161A #558D16 #168D8A

split-complementary

#4E168D #8D8A16 #1A8D16

monochromatic

#130523 #310E58 #4E168D #6B1EC2 #8A3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#4E168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E168D

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E168D	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.176 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875caf',
    500: '#4e168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e168d;
$custom-light: #875caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36772,
    "c": 0.17622,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.04117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E168D

secondary

#83C13E

accent

#F03899

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E168D

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

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