#4E2466#4E2466

#4E2466 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.116 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2466
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 102)
HSL	hsl(278, 48%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(278, 65%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 64.7%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.14, 32.26, -30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.14, 44.71, 316.17°)
OKLab	oklab(35.13% 0.0763 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(35.13% 0.116 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.1706, 3.8409, 12.9841)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2466 #3C6624

analogous

#2D2466 #4E2466 #66245D

triadic

#4E2466 #664E24 #24664E

tetradic

#4E2466 #662D24 #3C6624 #245D66

square

#4E2466 #662D24 #3C6624 #245D66

split-complementary

#4E2466 #5D6624 #24662D

monochromatic

#110817 #2B1439 #4E2466 #713493 #9247BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#4E2466 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4E2466 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2466

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2466	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2466	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A3568

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2466;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.116 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826192',
    500: '#4e2466',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2466;
$custom-light: #826192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2466",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35125,
    "c": 0.11577,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2466

secondary

#68994C

accent

#D75081

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2466

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

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