#4E216D#4E216D

#4E216D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.129 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E216D
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 109)
HSL	hsl(276, 54%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 70%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 69.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.04, 35.63, -35.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.04, 50.41, 314.97°)
OKLab	oklab(35.21% 0.0798 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(35.21% 0.129 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.4455, 3.8116, 14.8612)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E216D #406D21

analogous

#28216D #4E216D #6D2166

triadic

#4E216D #6D4E21 #216D4E

tetradic

#4E216D #6D2821 #406D21 #21666D

square

#4E216D #6D2821 #406D21 #21666D

split-complementary

#4E216D #666D21 #216D28

monochromatic

#110717 #2C133E #4E216D #702F9C #9042C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#4E216D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4E216D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E216D

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E216D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E216D	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12376B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e216d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.129 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836097',
    500: '#4e216d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e216d;
$custom-light: #836097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e216d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.526,
    "s": 53.521,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35211,
    "c": 0.12866,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E216D

secondary

#6DA149

accent

#DD4B86

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E216D

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

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