#4E256B#4E256B

#4E256B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.120 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E256B
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 107)
HSL	hsl(275, 49%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 65%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 65.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.69, 32.95, -33.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.69, 46.87, 314.67°)
OKLab	oklab(35.63% 0.0748 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(35.63% 0.12 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.4568, 4.0045, 14.3399)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E256B #426B25

analogous

#2B256B #4E256B #6B2565

triadic

#4E256B #6B4E25 #256B4E

tetradic

#4E256B #6B2B25 #426B25 #25656B

square

#4E256B #6B2B25 #426B25 #25656B

split-complementary

#4E256B #656B25 #256B2B

monochromatic

#110817 #2D153E #4E256B #6F3598 #8F4AC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#4E256B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E256B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E256B

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E256B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E256B	1.00	11.66	1.80	11.66
#FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#03376D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e256b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.120 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826296',
    500: '#4e256b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e256b;
$custom-light: #826296;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e256b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.143,
    "s": 48.611,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35633,
    "c": 0.12016,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E256B

secondary

#6F9E4E

accent

#D85088

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E256B

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

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