#4E16A1#4E16A1

#4E16A1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.197 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E16A1
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 161)
HSL	hsl(264, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(264, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 86.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.06, 53.65, -63.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.06, 82.99, 310.27°)
OKLab	oklab(38.76% 0.0752 -0.1819)
OKLCH	oklch(38.76% 0.197 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.8600, 4.7664, 34.1118)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E16A1 #69A116

analogous

#1623A1 #4E16A1 #9316A1

triadic

#4E16A1 #A14E16 #16A14E

tetradic

#4E16A1 #A11623 #69A116 #16A193

square

#4E16A1 #A11623 #69A116 #16A193

split-complementary

#4E16A1 #A19316 #23A116

monochromatic

#1A0735 #340F6B #4E16A1 #681DD7 #8A4BE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#4E16A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4E16A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E16A1

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E16A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E16A1	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003FA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32425F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e16a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.197 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895dbe',
    500: '#4e16a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e16a1;
$custom-light: #895dbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e16a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.173,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38755,
    "c": 0.19686,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E16A1

secondary

#96C84B

accent

#F335A6

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E16A1

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

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