#4E226E#4E226E

#4E226E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.128 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E226E
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 110)
HSL	hsl(275, 53%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 69%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 69.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.30, 35.35, -35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.30, 50.37, 314.57°)
OKLab	oklab(35.42% 0.0785 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(35.42% 0.128 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.5278, 3.8896, 15.1557)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E226E #426E22

analogous

#28226E #4E226E #6E2268

triadic

#4E226E #6E4E22 #226E4E

tetradic

#4E226E #6E2822 #426E22 #22686E

square

#4E226E #6E2822 #426E22 #22686E

split-complementary

#4E226E #686E22 #226E28

monochromatic

#110717 #2D143F #4E226E #6F309D #8F45C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.81

#4E226E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E226E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E226E

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E226E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E226E	1.00	11.81	1.78	11.81
#FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12386C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e226e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.128 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836098',
    500: '#4e226e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e226e;
$custom-light: #836098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e226e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.737,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35424,
    "c": 0.12834,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E226E

secondary

#6FA14A

accent

#DC4C88

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E226E

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

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