#4E186D#4E186D

#4E186D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.141 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E186D
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 109)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(278, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 78%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.50, 39.96, -38.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.50, 55.26, 316.32°)
OKLab	oklab(34.11% 0.0901 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(34.11% 0.141 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2283, 3.3772, 14.7888)
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

#4E186D #376D18

analogous

#23186D #4E186D #6D1861

triadic

#4E186D #6D4E18 #186D4E

tetradic

#4E186D #6D2318 #376D18 #18616D

square

#4E186D #6D2318 #376D18 #18616D

split-complementary

#4E186D #616D18 #186D23

monochromatic

#120619 #2A0D3B #4E186D #72239F #962ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#4E186D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4E186D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E186D

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E186D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E186D	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)

#00316F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#03346B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e186d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.141 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835b97',
    500: '#4e186d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e186d;
$custom-light: #835b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e186d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.118,
    "s": 63.91,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34111,
    "c": 0.1408,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E186D

secondary

#63A33E

accent

#E7417D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E186D

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

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