#4E1699#4E1699

#4E1699 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.189 H 294.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1699
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 153)
HSL	hsl(266, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 85.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.24, 51.63, -59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.24, 78.99, 310.81°)
OKLab	oklab(37.95% 0.0783 -0.1716)
OKLCH	oklch(37.95% 0.189 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.1770, 4.4931, 30.5146)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1699 #619916

analogous

#162099 #4E1699 #901699

triadic

#4E1699 #994E16 #16994E

tetradic

#4E1699 #991620 #619916 #169990

square

#4E1699 #991620 #619916 #169990

split-complementary

#4E1699 #999016 #209916

monochromatic

#17072E #330E63 #4E1699 #691ECF #8945E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#4E1699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4E1699 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1699

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1699	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.189 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885db8',
    500: '#4e1699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1699;
$custom-light: #885db8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.649,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37948,
    "c": 0.18861,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1699

secondary

#8FC546

accent

#F136A1

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1699

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

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