#4E256F#4E256F

#4E256F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.125 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E256F
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 111)
HSL	hsl(273, 50%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 67%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 66.7%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.97, 33.98, -35.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.97, 49.11, 313.78°)
OKLab	oklab(35.93% 0.0746 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(35.93% 0.125 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6721, 4.0906, 15.4739)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E256F #466F25

analogous

#29256F #4E256F #6F256B

triadic

#4E256F #6F4E25 #256F4E

tetradic

#4E256F #6F2925 #466F25 #256B6F

square

#4E256F #6F2925 #466F25 #256B6F

split-complementary

#4E256F #6B6F25 #256F29

monochromatic

#100817 #2E1641 #4E256F #6E349D #8E4BC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#4E256F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E256F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E256F

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E256F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E256F	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15396D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e256f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.125 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826299',
    500: '#4e256f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e256f;
$custom-light: #826299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e256f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.243,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35928,
    "c": 0.12499,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E256F

secondary

#73A24E

accent

#DA4E8C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E256F

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

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