#4E196F#4E196F

#4E196F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.142 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E196F
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 111)
HSL	hsl(277, 63%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(277, 77%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 77.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.81, 40.00, -38.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.81, 55.83, 315.76°)
OKLab	oklab(34.38% 0.0887 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(34.38% 0.142 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.3582, 3.4628, 15.3693)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E196F #3A6F19

analogous

#23196F #4E196F #6F1965

triadic

#4E196F #6F4E19 #196F4E

tetradic

#4E196F #6F2319 #3A6F19 #19656F

square

#4E196F #6F2319 #3A6F19 #19656F

split-complementary

#4E196F #656F19 #196F23

monochromatic

#120619 #2B0E3D #4E196F #7124A1 #9432D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.41

#4E196F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4E196F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E196F

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E196F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E196F	1.00	12.41	1.69	12.41
#FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00356D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e196f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.142 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835c99',
    500: '#4e196f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e196f;
$custom-light: #835c99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e196f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.977,
    "s": 63.235,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34383,
    "c": 0.14169,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E196F

secondary

#66A43F

accent

#E64281

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E196F

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

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