#4E226C#4E226C

#4E226C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.126 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E226C
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 108)
HSL	hsl(276, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 69%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 68.5%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.16, 34.84, -34.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.16, 49.27, 315.01°)
OKLab	oklab(35.27% 0.0787 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(35.27% 0.126 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.4201, 3.8466, 14.5887)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E226C #406C22

analogous

#29226C #4E226C #6C2265

triadic

#4E226C #6C4E22 #226C4E

tetradic

#4E226C #6C2922 #406C22 #22656C

square

#4E226C #6C2922 #406C22 #22656C

split-complementary

#4E226C #656C22 #226C29

monochromatic

#110717 #2C133D #4E226C #70319B #9044C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#4E226C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4E226C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E226C

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E226C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E226C	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15386A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e226c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.126 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826097',
    500: '#4e226c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e226c;
$custom-light: #826097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e226c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.676,
    "s": 52.113,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35273,
    "c": 0.12601,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E226C

secondary

#6DA04A

accent

#DC4C86

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E226C

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

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