#4E196C#4E196C

#4E196C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.139 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E196C
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 108)
HSL	hsl(278, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(278, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 76.9%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.57, 39.28, -37.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.57, 54.23, 316.42°)
OKLab	oklab(34.14% 0.0893 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(34.14% 0.139 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1958, 3.3978, 14.5139)
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

#4E196C #376C19

analogous

#24196C #4E196C #6C1960

triadic

#4E196C #6C4E19 #196C4E

tetradic

#4E196C #6C2419 #376C19 #19606C

square

#4E196C #6C2419 #376C19 #19606C

split-complementary

#4E196C #606C19 #196C24

monochromatic

#120619 #2A0D3A #4E196C #72259E #9630CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.50

#4E196C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4E196C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E196C

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E196C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E196C	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)

#00316E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#07356A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e196c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.139 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835b97',
    500: '#4e196c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e196c;
$custom-light: #835b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e196c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.313,
    "s": 62.406,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3414,
    "c": 0.13851,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E196C

secondary

#63A13F

accent

#E5427D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E196C

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

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