#4E256D#4E256D

#4E256D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.123 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E256D
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 109)
HSL	hsl(274, 49%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 66%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 66.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.83, 33.47, -34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.83, 47.99, 314.21°)
OKLab	oklab(35.78% 0.0747 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(35.78% 0.123 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5632, 4.0470, 14.9004)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E256D #446D25

analogous

#2A256D #4E256D #6D2568

triadic

#4E256D #6D4E25 #256D4E

tetradic

#4E256D #6D2A25 #446D25 #25686D

square

#4E256D #6D2A25 #446D25 #25686D

split-complementary

#4E256D #686D25 #256D2A

monochromatic

#100817 #2D153F #4E256D #6F359B #8E4BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.61

#4E256D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4E256D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E256D

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E256D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E256D	1.00	11.61	1.81	11.61
#FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00376F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18396B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e256d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.123 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826297',
    500: '#4e256d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e256d;
$custom-light: #826297;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e256d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.167,
    "s": 49.315,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35779,
    "c": 0.12257,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E256D

secondary

#71A04E

accent

#D94F8A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E256D

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

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