#4E216C#4E216C

#4E216C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.128 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E216C
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 108)
HSL	hsl(276, 53%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 69%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 69.4%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.97, 35.38, -35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.97, 49.86, 315.19°)
OKLab	oklab(35.14% 0.0799 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(35.14% 0.128 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.3920, 3.7902, 14.5793)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E216C #3F6C21

analogous

#29216C #4E216C #6C2164

triadic

#4E216C #6C4E21 #216C4E

tetradic

#4E216C #6C2921 #3F6C21 #21646C

square

#4E216C #6C2921 #3F6C21 #21646C

split-complementary

#4E216C #646C21 #216C29

monochromatic

#110717 #2C133D #4E216C #702F9B #9142C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#4E216C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4E216C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E216C

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E216C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E216C	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14376A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e216c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.128 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836097',
    500: '#4e216c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e216c;
$custom-light: #836097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e216c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35135,
    "c": 0.1275,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E216C

secondary

#6CA049

accent

#DD4B85

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E216C

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

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