#4E196D#4E196D

#4E196D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.140 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E196D
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 109)
HSL	hsl(278, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(278, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 77.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.65, 39.52, -37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.65, 54.76, 316.19°)
OKLab	oklab(34.22% 0.0891 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(34.22% 0.14 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.2493, 3.4192, 14.7958)
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

#4E196D #386D19

analogous

#24196D #4E196D #6D1962

triadic

#4E196D #6D4E19 #196D4E

tetradic

#4E196D #6D2419 #386D19 #19626D

square

#4E196D #6D2419 #386D19 #19626D

split-complementary

#4E196D #626D19 #196D24

monochromatic

#120619 #2A0E3B #4E196D #72249F #9531D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#4E196D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4E196D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E196D

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E196D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E196D	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)

#00326F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#05356B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e196d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.140 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835b97',
    500: '#4e196d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e196d;
$custom-light: #835b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e196d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.857,
    "s": 62.687,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3422,
    "c": 0.13957,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E196D

secondary

#64A23F

accent

#E6427E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E196D

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

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