#4E186B#4E186B

#4E186B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.139 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E186B
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 107)
HSL	hsl(279, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(279, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 77.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.34, 39.49, -37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.34, 54.19, 316.77°)
OKLab	oklab(33.95% 0.0905 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(33.95% 0.139 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.1219, 3.3347, 14.2282)
Luminance	0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E186B #356B18

analogous

#24186B #4E186B #6B185E

triadic

#4E186B #6B4E18 #186B4E

tetradic

#4E186B #6B2418 #356B18 #185E6B

square

#4E186B #6B2418 #356B18 #185E6B

split-complementary

#4E186B #5E6B18 #186B24

monochromatic

#120619 #2A0D39 #4E186B #72239D #972ECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.60

#4E186B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4E186B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E186B

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E186B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E186B	1.00	12.60	1.67	12.60
#FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#083469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e186b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.139 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835b96',
    500: '#4e186b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e186b;
$custom-light: #835b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e186b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.036,
    "s": 63.359,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33949,
    "c": 0.1387,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E186B

secondary

#61A13E

accent

#E6417B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E186B

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

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