#4E196E#4E196E

#4E196E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.141 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E196E
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 110)
HSL	hsl(277, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 77.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.73, 39.76, -38.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.73, 55.29, 315.98°)
OKLab	oklab(34.3% 0.0889 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(34.3% 0.141 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3034, 3.4409, 15.0809)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E196E #396E19

analogous

#24196E #4E196E #6E1964

triadic

#4E196E #6E4E19 #196E4E

tetradic

#4E196E #6E2419 #396E19 #19646E

square

#4E196E #6E2419 #396E19 #19646E

split-complementary

#4E196E #646E19 #196E24

monochromatic

#120619 #2B0E3C #4E196E #7124A0 #9431D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.44

#4E196E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4E196E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E196E

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E196E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E196E	1.00	12.44	1.69	12.44
#FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#03356C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e196e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.141 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835c98',
    500: '#4e196e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e196e;
$custom-light: #835c98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e196e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.412,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34301,
    "c": 0.14063,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E196E

secondary

#65A33F

accent

#E64280

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E196E

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

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