#4E226D#4E226D

#4E226D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.127 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E226D
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 109)
HSL	hsl(275, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 69%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 68.8%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.23, 35.10, -35.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.23, 49.82, 314.79°)
OKLab	oklab(35.35% 0.0786 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(35.35% 0.127 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.4737, 3.8680, 14.8706)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E226D #416D22

analogous

#28226D #4E226D #6D2266

triadic

#4E226D #6D4E22 #226D4E

tetradic

#4E226D #6D2822 #416D22 #22666D

square

#4E226D #6D2822 #416D22 #22666D

split-complementary

#4E226D #666D22 #226D28

monochromatic

#110717 #2D133E #4E226D #6F319C #9045C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.84

#4E226D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4E226D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E226D

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E226D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E226D	1.00	11.84	1.77	11.84
#FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00366F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14386B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493244

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e226d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.127 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836097',
    500: '#4e226d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e226d;
$custom-light: #836097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e226d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.2,
    "s": 52.448,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35349,
    "c": 0.12717,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E226D

secondary

#6EA14A

accent

#DC4C87

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E226D

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

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