#4E2165#4E2165

#4E2165 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.119 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2165
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 101)
HSL	hsl(280, 51%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(280, 67%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 67.3%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.47, 33.65, -31.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.47, 46.01, 317.00°)
OKLab	oklab(34.62% 0.0804 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(34.62% 0.119 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0343, 3.6472, 12.6955)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2165 #386521

analogous

#2C2165 #4E2165 #65215A

triadic

#4E2165 #654E21 #21654E

tetradic

#4E2165 #652C21 #386521 #215A65

square

#4E2165 #652C21 #386521 #215A65

split-complementary

#4E2165 #5A6521 #21652C

monochromatic

#120817 #2A1237 #4E2165 #723093 #9540C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#4E2165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E2165 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2165

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2165	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#033367

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2E3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.119 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825f91',
    500: '#4e2165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2165;
$custom-light: #825f91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.706,
    "s": 50.746,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34618,
    "c": 0.11941,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2165

secondary

#649949

accent

#DA4E7D

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2165

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

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