#4E256A#4E256A

#4E256A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.119 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E256A
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 106)
HSL	hsl(276, 48%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 65%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 65.1%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.62, 32.70, -32.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.62, 46.31, 314.92°)
OKLab	oklab(35.56% 0.0748 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(35.56% 0.119 309)
XYZ	xyz(6.4045, 3.9836, 14.0644)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E256A #416A25

analogous

#2B256A #4E256A #6A2563

triadic

#4E256A #6A4E25 #256A4E

tetradic

#4E256A #6A2B25 #416A25 #25636A

square

#4E256A #6A2B25 #416A25 #25636A

split-complementary

#4E256A #636A25 #256A2B

monochromatic

#110817 #2D153D #4E256A #6F3597 #904AC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#4E256A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E256A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E256A

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E256A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E256A	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#05376C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e256a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.119 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826295',
    500: '#4e256a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e256a;
$custom-light: #826295;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e256a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.652,
    "s": 48.252,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3556,
    "c": 0.11895,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.03983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E256A

secondary

#6E9D4E

accent

#D85087

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E256A

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

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