#4E186E#4E186E

#4E186E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.142 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E186E
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 110)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(278, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 78.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.58, 40.20, -38.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.58, 55.78, 316.10°)
OKLab	oklab(34.19% 0.09 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(34.19% 0.142 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.2824, 3.3989, 15.0739)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E186E #386E18

analogous

#23186E #4E186E #6E1863

triadic

#4E186E #6E4E18 #186E4E

tetradic

#4E186E #6E2318 #386E18 #18636E

square

#4E186E #6E2318 #386E18 #18636E

split-complementary

#4E186E #636E18 #186E23

monochromatic

#120519 #2A0D3C #4E186E #7223A0 #952FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.50

#4E186E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4E186E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E186E

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E186E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E186E	1.00	12.50	1.68	12.50
#FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#01346C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e186e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.142 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835b98',
    500: '#4e186e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e186e;
$custom-light: #835b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e186e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.674,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34192,
    "c": 0.14185,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E186E

secondary

#64A43E

accent

#E7417F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E186E

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

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