#4E2265#4E2265

#4E2265 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.118 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2265
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 101)
HSL	hsl(279, 50%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(279, 66%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 66.3%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.67, 33.11, -31.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.67, 45.40, 316.83°)
OKLab	oklab(34.76% 0.079 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(34.76% 0.118 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.0625, 3.7035, 12.7049)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2265 #396522

analogous

#2D2265 #4E2265 #65225B

triadic

#4E2265 #654E22 #22654E

tetradic

#4E2265 #652D22 #396522 #225B65

square

#4E2265 #652D22 #396522 #225B65

split-complementary

#4E2265 #5B6522 #22652D

monochromatic

#120817 #2B1337 #4E2265 #713193 #9442BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#4E2265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E2265 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2265

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2265	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#063467

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.118 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826091',
    500: '#4e2265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2265;
$custom-light: #826091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.403,
    "s": 49.63,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34761,
    "c": 0.11782,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2265

secondary

#65994A

accent

#D94F7E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2265

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

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