#4E186F#4E186F

#4E186F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.143 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E186F
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 111)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 78.4%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.66, 40.44, -39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.66, 56.32, 315.89°)
OKLab	oklab(34.28% 0.0898 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(34.28% 0.143 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.3372, 3.4208, 15.3623)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E186F #396F18

analogous

#23186F #4E186F #6F1865

triadic

#4E186F #6F4E18 #186F4E

tetradic

#4E186F #6F2318 #396F18 #18656F

square

#4E186F #6F2318 #396F18 #18656F

split-complementary

#4E186F #656F18 #186F23

monochromatic

#120519 #2B0D3D #4E186F #7123A1 #942FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#4E186F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4E186F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E186F

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E186F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E186F	1.00	12.47	1.68	12.47
#FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00356D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e186f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.143 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835b99',
    500: '#4e186f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e186f;
$custom-light: #835b99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e186f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.241,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34275,
    "c": 0.1429,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E186F

secondary

#65A53E

accent

#E74080

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E186F

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

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