#4E2566#4E2566

#4E2566 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.114 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2566
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 102)
HSL	hsl(278, 47%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 63.7%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.35, 31.69, -30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.35, 44.08, 315.98°)
OKLab	oklab(35.28% 0.0749 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(35.28% 0.114 311)
XYZ	xyz(6.2013, 3.9023, 12.9943)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2566 #3D6625

analogous

#2D2566 #4E2566 #66255E

triadic

#4E2566 #664E25 #25664E

tetradic

#4E2566 #662D25 #3D6625 #255E66

square

#4E2566 #662D25 #3D6625 #255E66

split-complementary

#4E2566 #5E6625 #25662D

monochromatic

#110816 #2C1539 #4E2566 #703593 #9249BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.80

#4E2566 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E2566 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2566

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2566	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2566	1.00	11.80	1.78	11.80
#FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D3668

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3141

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2566;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.114 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826292',
    500: '#4e2566',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2566;
$custom-light: #826292;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2566",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.846,
    "s": 46.763,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35276,
    "c": 0.11412,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.03902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2566

secondary

#6A994E

accent

#D65183

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2566

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

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