#4E226A#4E226A

#4E226A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.124 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E226A
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 106)
HSL	hsl(277, 51%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(277, 68%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 67.9%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.01, 34.34, -33.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.01, 48.16, 315.49°)
OKLab	oklab(35.12% 0.0788 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(35.12% 0.124 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.3149, 3.8045, 14.0345)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E226A #3E6A22

analogous

#2A226A #4E226A #6A2262

triadic

#4E226A #6A4E22 #226A4E

tetradic

#4E226A #6A2A22 #3E6A22 #22626A

square

#4E226A #6A2A22 #3E6A22 #22626A

split-complementary

#4E226A #626A22 #226A2A

monochromatic

#110717 #2C133C #4E226A #703198 #9144C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#4E226A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4E226A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E226A

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E226A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E226A	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3142

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e226a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.124 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826095',
    500: '#4e226a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e226a;
$custom-light: #826095;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e226a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 51.429,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35124,
    "c": 0.12367,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E226A

secondary

#6B9E4A

accent

#DB4D84

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E226A

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

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