#4E226F#4E226F

#4E226F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.130 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E226F
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 111)
HSL	hsl(274, 53%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 69%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 69.4%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.38, 35.60, -36.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.38, 50.93, 314.36°)
OKLab	oklab(35.5% 0.0784 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(35.5% 0.13 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5826, 3.9115, 15.4441)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E226F #436F22

analogous

#28226F #4E226F #6F2269

triadic

#4E226F #6F4E22 #226F4E

tetradic

#4E226F #6F2822 #436F22 #22696F

square

#4E226F #6F2822 #436F22 #22696F

split-complementary

#4E226F #696F22 #226F28

monochromatic

#100717 #2D1440 #4E226F #6F309E #8F45C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#4E226F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E226F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E226F

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E226F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E226F	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11386D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e226f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.130 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836099',
    500: '#4e226f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e226f;
$custom-light: #836099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e226f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 53.103,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35501,
    "c": 0.12951,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E226F

secondary

#70A24A

accent

#DD4B8A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E226F

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

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