#4E186A#4E186A

#4E186A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.138 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E186A
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 106)
HSL	hsl(280, 63%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(280, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 77.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.26, 39.25, -36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.26, 53.66, 317.01°)
OKLab	oklab(33.87% 0.0907 -0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(33.87% 0.138 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.0695, 3.3137, 13.9528)
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

#4E186A #346A18

analogous

#25186A #4E186A #6A185D

triadic

#4E186A #6A4E18 #186A4E

tetradic

#4E186A #6A2518 #346A18 #185D6A

square

#4E186A #6A2518 #346A18 #185D6A

split-complementary

#4E186A #5D6A18 #186A25

monochromatic

#120619 #290D38 #4E186A #73239C #972FCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.63

#4E186A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4E186A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E186A

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E186A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E186A	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)

#00316C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A3468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e186a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.138 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835b95',
    500: '#4e186a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e186a;
$custom-light: #835b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e186a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.512,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33869,
    "c": 0.13765,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E186A

secondary

#5FA03E

accent

#E6427A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E186A

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

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