#4E2166#4E2166

#4E2166 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.121 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2166
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 102)
HSL	hsl(279, 51%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(279, 68%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 67.6%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.54, 33.89, -31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.54, 46.56, 316.71°)
OKLab	oklab(34.69% 0.0803 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(34.69% 0.121 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.0836, 3.6669, 12.9551)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2166 #396621

analogous

#2C2166 #4E2166 #66215C

triadic

#4E2166 #664E21 #21664E

tetradic

#4E2166 #662C21 #396621 #215C66

square

#4E2166 #662C21 #396621 #215C66

split-complementary

#4E2166 #5C6621 #21662C

monochromatic

#120717 #2B1238 #4E2166 #713094 #9440C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.11

#4E2166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E2166 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2166

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2166	1.00	12.11	1.73	12.11
#FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#013468

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.121 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826092',
    500: '#4e2166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2166;
$custom-light: #826092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3469,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2166

secondary

#659A49

accent

#DB4D7E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2166

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

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