#4E216B#4E216B

#4E216B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.126 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E216B
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 107)
HSL	hsl(276, 53%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(276, 69%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 69.2%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.89, 35.13, -34.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.89, 49.31, 315.43°)
OKLab	oklab(35.06% 0.08 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(35.06% 0.126 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.3391, 3.7691, 14.3006)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E216B #3E6B21

analogous

#29216B #4E216B #6B2163

triadic

#4E216B #6B4E21 #216B4E

tetradic

#4E216B #6B2921 #3E6B21 #21636B

square

#4E216B #6B2921 #3E6B21 #21636B

split-complementary

#4E216B #636B21 #216B29

monochromatic

#110717 #2C133C #4E216B #702F9A #9142C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.97

#4E216B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4E216B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E216B

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E216B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E216B	1.00	11.97	1.75	11.97
#FFFFFF	11.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#153769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e216b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.126 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826096',
    500: '#4e216b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e216b;
$custom-light: #826096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e216b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.486,
    "s": 52.857,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35059,
    "c": 0.12634,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E216B

secondary

#6B9F49

accent

#DC4C84

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E216B

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

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