#4E256E#4E256E

#4E256E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.124 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E256E
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 110)
HSL	hsl(274, 50%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 66%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 66.4%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.90, 33.72, -34.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.90, 48.55, 313.99°)
OKLab	oklab(35.85% 0.0746 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(35.85% 0.124 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.6173, 4.0687, 15.1856)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E256E #456E25

analogous

#2A256E #4E256E #6E256A

triadic

#4E256E #6E4E25 #256E4E

tetradic

#4E256E #6E2A25 #456E25 #256A6E

square

#4E256E #6E2A25 #456E25 #256A6E

split-complementary

#4E256E #6A6E25 #256E2A

monochromatic

#100817 #2E1640 #4E256E #6E349C #8E4BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#4E256E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4E256E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E256E

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E256E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E256E	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003770

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17396C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e256e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.124 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826298',
    500: '#4e256e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e256e;
$custom-light: #826298;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e256e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.699,
    "s": 49.66,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35853,
    "c": 0.12378,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E256E

secondary

#72A14E

accent

#D94F8B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E256E

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

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