#4D2B60#4D2B60

#4D2B60 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.096 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2B60
RGB	rgb(77, 43, 96)
HSL	hsl(278, 38%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(278, 55%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 55.2%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.16, 26.37, -25.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.16, 36.63, 316.04°)
OKLab	oklab(35.72% 0.0642 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(35.72% 0.096 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.0354, 4.1502, 11.5472)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.39

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2B60 #3E602B

analogous

#332B60 #4D2B60 #602B58

triadic

#4D2B60 #604D2B #2B604D

tetradic

#4D2B60 #60332B #3E602B #2B5860

square

#4D2B60 #60332B #3E602B #2B5860

split-complementary

#4D2B60 #58602B #2B6033

monochromatic

#110915 #2B1836 #4D2B60 #6F3E8A #9053B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#4D2B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4D2B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2B60

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2B60	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E3862

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283A5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3441

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 43, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.096 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80668d',
    500: '#4d2b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2b60;
$custom-light: #80668d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.491,
    "s": 38.129,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35722,
    "c": 0.09572,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2B60

secondary

#6B9255

accent

#CE5A83

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEEBF0

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2B60

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

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