#4E176E#4E176E

#4E176E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.143 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E176E
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 110)
HSL	hsl(278, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(278, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 79.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.43, 40.63, -38.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.43, 56.26, 316.23°)
OKLab	oklab(34.09% 0.091 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(34.09% 0.143 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.2622, 3.3584, 15.0672)
Luminance	0.0336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E176E #376E17

analogous

#22176E #4E176E #6E1762

triadic

#4E176E #6E4E17 #176E4E

tetradic

#4E176E #6E2217 #376E17 #17626E

square

#4E176E #6E2217 #376E17 #17626E

split-complementary

#4E176E #626E17 #176E22

monochromatic

#120519 #2A0C3B #4E176E #7222A1 #962CD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.56

#4E176E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4E176E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E176E

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E176E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E176E	1.00	12.56	1.67	12.56
#FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e176e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.143 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835b98',
    500: '#4e176e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e176e;
$custom-light: #835b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e176e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.931,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34087,
    "c": 0.14304,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E176E

secondary

#63A43D

accent

#E83F7E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E176E

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

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