#4E176A#4E176A

#4E176A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.139 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E176A
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 106)
HSL	hsl(280, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(280, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 78.3%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.11, 39.69, -36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.11, 54.15, 317.13°)
OKLab	oklab(33.76% 0.0917 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(33.76% 0.139 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0493, 3.2733, 13.9460)
Luminance	0.0327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E176A #336A17

analogous

#24176A #4E176A #6A175C

triadic

#4E176A #6A4E17 #176A4E

tetradic

#4E176A #6A2417 #336A17 #175C6A

square

#4E176A #6A2417 #336A17 #175C6A

split-complementary

#4E176A #5C6A17 #176A24

monochromatic

#130519 #290C38 #4E176A #73229C #982DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.69

#4E176A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E176A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E176A

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E176A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E176A	1.00	12.69	1.65	12.69
#FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#083468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e176a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.139 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835a95',
    500: '#4e176a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e176a;
$custom-light: #835a95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e176a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.759,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33761,
    "c": 0.13888,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E176A

secondary

#5EA03D

accent

#E74079

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E176A

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

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