#4E176C#4E176C

#4E176C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.141 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E176C
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 108)
HSL	hsl(279, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(279, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 78.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.26, 40.16, -37.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.26, 55.21, 316.67°)
OKLab	oklab(33.92% 0.0914 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(33.92% 0.141 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.1545, 3.3153, 14.5002)
Luminance	0.0331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E176C #356C17

analogous

#24176C #4E176C #6C175F

triadic

#4E176C #6C4E17 #176C4E

tetradic

#4E176C #6C2417 #356C17 #175F6C

square

#4E176C #6C2417 #356C17 #175F6C

split-complementary

#4E176C #5F6C17 #176C24

monochromatic

#120519 #2A0C3A #4E176C #72229E #972CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.63

#4E176C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4E176C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E176C

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E176C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E176C	1.00	12.63	1.66	12.63
#FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#04346A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e176c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.141 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835a97',
    500: '#4e176c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e176c;
$custom-light: #835a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e176c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.824,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33923,
    "c": 0.14096,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E176C

secondary

#61A23D

accent

#E8407B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E176C

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

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