#4E176F#4E176F

#4E176F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.144 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E176F
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 111)
HSL	hsl(278, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(278, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 79.3%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.51, 40.86, -39.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.51, 56.79, 316.02°)
OKLab	oklab(34.17% 0.0908 -0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(34.17% 0.144 309)
XYZ	xyz(6.3169, 3.3803, 15.3555)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E176F #386F17

analogous

#22176F #4E176F #6F1764

triadic

#4E176F #6F4E17 #176F4E

tetradic

#4E176F #6F2217 #386F17 #17646F

square

#4E176F #6F2217 #386F17 #17646F

split-complementary

#4E176F #646F17 #176F22

monochromatic

#120519 #2A0C3C #4E176F #7222A2 #952DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#4E176F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4E176F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E176F

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E176F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E176F	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e176f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.144 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835b99',
    500: '#4e176f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e176f;
$custom-light: #835b99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e176f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34169,
    "c": 0.14408,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.0338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E176F

secondary

#64A53D

accent

#E93F7F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E176F

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

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