#4E2268#4E2268

#4E2268 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.121 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2268
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 104)
HSL	hsl(278, 51%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(278, 67%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 67.3%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.87, 33.85, -32.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.87, 47.06, 316.00°)
OKLab	oklab(34.98% 0.0789 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(34.98% 0.121 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.2121, 3.7634, 13.4932)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2268 #3C6822

analogous

#2B2268 #4E2268 #68225F

triadic

#4E2268 #684E22 #22684E

tetradic

#4E2268 #682B22 #3C6822 #225F68

square

#4E2268 #682B22 #3C6822 #225F68

split-complementary

#4E2268 #5F6822 #22682B

monochromatic

#110817 #2B133A #4E2268 #713196 #9243C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#4E2268 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4E2268 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2268

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2268	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2268	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2268;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.121 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826093',
    500: '#4e2268',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2268;
$custom-light: #826093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2268",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.714,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34977,
    "c": 0.12133,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2268

secondary

#689C4A

accent

#DA4E82

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2268

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

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