#4E2168#4E2168

#4E2168 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.123 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2168
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 104)
HSL	hsl(278, 52%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(278, 68%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 68.3%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.68, 34.38, -33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.68, 47.66, 316.18°)
OKLab	oklab(34.84% 0.0802 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(34.84% 0.123 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.1840, 3.7070, 13.4838)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2168 #3B6821

analogous

#2B2168 #4E2168 #68215F

triadic

#4E2168 #684E21 #21684E

tetradic

#4E2168 #682B21 #3B6821 #215F68

square

#4E2168 #682B21 #3B6821 #215F68

split-complementary

#4E2168 #5F6821 #21682B

monochromatic

#110717 #2B123A #4E2168 #713096 #9341C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#4E2168 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E2168 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2168

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2168	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2168	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2168;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.123 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826094',
    500: '#4e2168',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2168;
$custom-light: #826094;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2168",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.028,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34836,
    "c": 0.12288,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2168

secondary

#679C49

accent

#DB4D81

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2168

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

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