#4E176D#4E176D

#4E176D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.142 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E176D
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 109)
HSL	hsl(278, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(278, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 78.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.35, 40.39, -38.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.35, 55.73, 316.45°)
OKLab	oklab(34% 0.0912 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(34% 0.142 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.2081, 3.3368, 14.7821)
Luminance	0.0334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E176D #366D17

analogous

#23176D #4E176D #6D1761

triadic

#4E176D #6D4E17 #176D4E

tetradic

#4E176D #6D2317 #366D17 #17616D

square

#4E176D #6D2317 #366D17 #17616D

split-complementary

#4E176D #616D17 #176D23

monochromatic

#120519 #2A0C3A #4E176D #7222A0 #962CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.59

#4E176D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4E176D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E176D

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E176D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E176D	1.00	12.59	1.67	12.59
#FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#02346B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e176d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.142 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835b97',
    500: '#4e176d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e176d;
$custom-light: #835b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e176d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.372,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34004,
    "c": 0.142,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E176D

secondary

#62A33D

accent

#E8407C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E176D

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

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