#4E2660#4E2660

#4E2660 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.105 H 314.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2660
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 96)
HSL	hsl(281, 43%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(281, 60%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 60.4%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.17, 29.65, -26.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.17, 40.09, 317.69°)
OKLab	oklab(35.02% 0.0732 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(35.02% 0.105 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.9460, 3.8506, 11.4941)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2660 #386026

analogous

#312660 #4E2660 #602655

triadic

#4E2660 #604E26 #26604E

tetradic

#4E2660 #603126 #386026 #265560

square

#4E2660 #603126 #386026 #265560

split-complementary

#4E2660 #556026 #266031

monochromatic

#120916 #2A1534 #4E2660 #72378C #9549B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#4E2660 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4E2660 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2660

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2660	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2660	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#163562

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24385F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D303F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2660;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.105 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81628d',
    500: '#4e2660',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2660;
$custom-light: #81628d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2660",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.379,
    "s": 43.284,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35024,
    "c": 0.10518,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2660

secondary

#64934F

accent

#D3557C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2660

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

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