#4E226B#4E226B

#4E226B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.125 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E226B
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 107)
HSL	hsl(276, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 68%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 68.2%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.09, 34.59, -34.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.09, 48.71, 315.25°)
OKLab	oklab(35.2% 0.0787 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(35.2% 0.125 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.3672, 3.8254, 14.3100)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E226B #3F6B22

analogous

#29226B #4E226B #6B2264

triadic

#4E226B #6B4E22 #226B4E

tetradic

#4E226B #6B2922 #3F6B22 #22646B

square

#4E226B #6B2922 #3F6B22 #22646B

split-complementary

#4E226B #646B22 #226B29

monochromatic

#110717 #2C133D #4E226B #703199 #9144C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#4E226B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4E226B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E226B

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E226B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E226B	1.00	11.90	1.77	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e226b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.125 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826096',
    500: '#4e226b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e226b;
$custom-light: #826096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e226b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.164,
    "s": 51.773,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35198,
    "c": 0.12484,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E226B

secondary

#6C9F4A

accent

#DB4D85

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E226B

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

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