#4E168E#4E168E

#4E168E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.177 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E168E
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(268, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.15, 48.86, -54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.15, 73.40, 311.73°)
OKLab	oklab(36.87% 0.0824 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(36.87% 0.177 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3100, 4.1464, 25.9484)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E168E #568E16

analogous

#161A8E #4E168E #8A168E

triadic

#4E168E #8E4E16 #168E4E

tetradic

#4E168E #8E161A #568E16 #168E8A

square

#4E168E #8E161A #568E16 #168E8A

split-complementary

#4E168E #8E8A16 #1A8E16

monochromatic

#140624 #310E59 #4E168E #6B1EC3 #8A3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#4E168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E168E

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E168E	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.177 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875cb0',
    500: '#4e168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e168e;
$custom-light: #875cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36869,
    "c": 0.17725,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E168E

secondary

#84C13F

accent

#F0389A

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E168E

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

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