#4E216A#4E216A

#4E216A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.125 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E216A
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 106)
HSL	hsl(277, 53%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(277, 69%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 68.9%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.82, 34.88, -34.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.82, 48.76, 315.67°)
OKLab	oklab(34.99% 0.0801 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(34.99% 0.125 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2868, 3.7481, 14.0252)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E216A #3D6A21

analogous

#29216A #4E216A #6A2162

triadic

#4E216A #6A4E21 #216A4E

tetradic

#4E216A #6A2921 #3D6A21 #21626A

square

#4E216A #6A2921 #3D6A21 #21626A

split-complementary

#4E216A #626A21 #216A29

monochromatic

#110717 #2C123B #4E216A #703099 #9241C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.00

#4E216A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4E216A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E216A

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E216A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E216A	1.00	12.00	1.75	12.00
#FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3042

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e216a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.125 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826095',
    500: '#4e216a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e216a;
$custom-light: #826095;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e216a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.986,
    "s": 52.518,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34985,
    "c": 0.12519,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E216A

secondary

#6A9E49

accent

#DC4C83

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E216A

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

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