#4E186C#4E186C

#4E186C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.140 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E186C
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 108)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(279, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 77.8%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.42, 39.73, -37.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.42, 54.72, 316.54°)
OKLab	oklab(34.03% 0.0903 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(34.03% 0.14 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1748, 3.3558, 14.5069)
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

#4E186C #366C18

analogous

#24186C #4E186C #6C1860

triadic

#4E186C #6C4E18 #186C4E

tetradic

#4E186C #6C2418 #366C18 #18606C

square

#4E186C #6C2418 #366C18 #18606C

split-complementary

#4E186C #606C18 #186C24

monochromatic

#120619 #2A0D3A #4E186C #72239E #962ED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.57

#4E186C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4E186C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E186C

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E186C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E186C	1.00	12.57	1.67	12.57
#FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#05346A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e186c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.140 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835b97',
    500: '#4e186c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e186c;
$custom-light: #835b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e186c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3403,
    "c": 0.13975,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E186C

secondary

#62A23E

accent

#E7417C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E186C

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

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