#4E2169#4E2169

#4E2169 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.124 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2169
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 105)
HSL	hsl(278, 52%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(278, 69%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 68.6%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.75, 34.63, -33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.75, 48.21, 315.92°)
OKLab	oklab(34.91% 0.0802 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(34.91% 0.124 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.2351, 3.7275, 13.7529)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2169 #3C6921

analogous

#2A2169 #4E2169 #692160

triadic

#4E2169 #694E21 #21694E

tetradic

#4E2169 #692A21 #3C6921 #216069

square

#4E2169 #692A21 #3C6921 #216069

split-complementary

#4E2169 #606921 #21692A

monochromatic

#110717 #2B123A #4E2169 #713098 #9241C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.03

#4E2169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4E2169 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2169

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2169	1.00	12.03	1.75	12.03
#FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3042

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.124 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826094',
    500: '#4e2169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2169;
$custom-light: #826094;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3491,
    "c": 0.12403,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2169

secondary

#689D49

accent

#DC4C82

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2169

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

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