#4E2465#4E2465

#4E2465 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.115 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2465
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 101)
HSL	hsl(279, 47%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 64.4%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.07, 32.01, -30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.07, 44.16, 316.46°)
OKLab	oklab(35.06% 0.0763 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(35.06% 0.115 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.1213, 3.8212, 12.7245)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 6.60

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2465 #3B6524

analogous

#2E2465 #4E2465 #65245C

triadic

#4E2465 #654E24 #24654E

tetradic

#4E2465 #652E24 #3B6524 #245C65

square

#4E2465 #652E24 #3B6524 #245C65

split-complementary

#4E2465 #5C6524 #24652E

monochromatic

#110817 #2B1438 #4E2465 #713492 #9346BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#4E2465 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4E2465 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2465

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2465	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2465	1.00	11.90	1.76	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C3567

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2465;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.115 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826191',
    500: '#4e2465',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2465;
$custom-light: #826191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2465",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.769,
    "s": 47.445,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35055,
    "c": 0.11458,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2465

secondary

#67984C

accent

#D75180

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2465

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

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