#4E2665#4E2665

#4E2665 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.111 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2665
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 101)
HSL	hsl(278, 45%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(278, 62%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 62.4%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.49, 30.88, -29.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.49, 42.87, 316.07°)
OKLab	oklab(35.36% 0.0734 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(35.36% 0.111 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1835, 3.9457, 12.7452)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 6.99

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2665 #3D6526

analogous

#2E2665 #4E2665 #65265D

triadic

#4E2665 #654E26 #26654E

tetradic

#4E2665 #652E26 #3D6526 #265D65

square

#4E2665 #652E26 #3D6526 #265D65

split-complementary

#4E2665 #5D6526 #26652E

monochromatic

#110816 #2C1539 #4E2665 #703791 #924ABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#4E2665 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E2665 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2665

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2665	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2665	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#103667

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3141

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2665;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.111 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826391',
    500: '#4e2665',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2665;
$custom-light: #826391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2665",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.095,
    "s": 45.324,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3536,
    "c": 0.11124,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2665

secondary

#6A984F

accent

#D55382

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2665

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

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