#4E196A#4E196A

#4E196A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.136 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E196A
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 106)
HSL	hsl(279, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(279, 76%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 76.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.42, 38.81, -36.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.42, 53.17, 316.88°)
OKLab	oklab(33.98% 0.0896 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(33.98% 0.136 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.0905, 3.3557, 13.9598)
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

#4E196A #356A19

analogous

#25196A #4E196A #6A195D

triadic

#4E196A #6A4E19 #196A4E

tetradic

#4E196A #6A2519 #356A19 #195D6A

square

#4E196A #6A2519 #356A19 #195D6A

split-complementary

#4E196A #5D6A19 #196A25

monochromatic

#120619 #2A0D38 #4E196A #72259C #9730CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.57

#4E196A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4E196A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E196A

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E196A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E196A	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)

#00316C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e196a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.136 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835b95',
    500: '#4e196a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e196a;
$custom-light: #835b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e196a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.259,
    "s": 61.832,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3398,
    "c": 0.13639,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E196A

secondary

#61A03F

accent

#E5437B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E196A

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

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