#4E196B#4E196B

#4E196B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.137 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E196B
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 107)
HSL	hsl(279, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(279, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 76.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.49, 39.05, -36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.49, 53.70, 316.65°)
OKLab	oklab(34.06% 0.0895 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(34.06% 0.137 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.1428, 3.3766, 14.2352)
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

#4E196B #366B19

analogous

#25196B #4E196B #6B195F

triadic

#4E196B #6B4E19 #196B4E

tetradic

#4E196B #6B2519 #366B19 #195F6B

square

#4E196B #6B2519 #366B19 #195F6B

split-complementary

#4E196B #5F6B19 #196B25

monochromatic

#120619 #2A0D39 #4E196B #72259D #9630CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.54

#4E196B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4E196B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E196B

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E196B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E196B	1.00	12.54	1.68	12.54
#FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e196b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.137 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835b96',
    500: '#4e196b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e196b;
$custom-light: #835b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e196b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.78,
    "s": 62.121,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34059,
    "c": 0.13745,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E196B

secondary

#62A13F

accent

#E5437C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E196B

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

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