#4E2167#4E2167

#4E2167 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.122 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2167
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 103)
HSL	hsl(279, 51%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(279, 68%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 68%, 0%, 59.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.61, 34.14, -32.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.61, 47.11, 316.44°)
OKLab	oklab(34.76% 0.0803 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(34.76% 0.122 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1335, 3.6868, 13.2179)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2167 #3A6721

analogous

#2B2167 #4E2167 #67215D

triadic

#4E2167 #674E21 #21674E

tetradic

#4E2167 #672B21 #3A6721 #215D67

square

#4E2167 #672B21 #3A6721 #215D67

split-complementary

#4E2167 #5D6721 #21672B

monochromatic

#120717 #2B1239 #4E2167 #713095 #9440C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#4E2167 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E2167 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2167

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2167	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2167	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003469

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2167;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 103);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.122 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826093',
    500: '#4e2167',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2167;
$custom-light: #826093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2167",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 103
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 51.471,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34763,
    "c": 0.12173,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2167

secondary

#669B49

accent

#DB4D80

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2167

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

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