#4E256C#4E256C

#4E256C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.121 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E256C
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 108)
HSL	hsl(275, 49%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 66%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 65.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.76, 33.21, -33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.76, 47.43, 314.44°)
OKLab	oklab(35.71% 0.0747 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(35.71% 0.121 308)
XYZ	xyz(6.5097, 4.0256, 14.6185)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E256C #436C25

analogous

#2A256C #4E256C #6C2566

triadic

#4E256C #6C4E25 #256C4E

tetradic

#4E256C #6C2A25 #436C25 #25666C

square

#4E256C #6C2A25 #436C25 #25666C

split-complementary

#4E256C #666C25 #256C2A

monochromatic

#100817 #2D153E #4E256C #6F359A #8F4AC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#4E256C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4E256C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E256C

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E256C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E256C	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#01376E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19396A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e256c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.121 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826296',
    500: '#4e256c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e256c;
$custom-light: #826296;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e256c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.648,
    "s": 48.966,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35706,
    "c": 0.12137,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.04026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E256C

secondary

#709F4E

accent

#D94F89

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E256C

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

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