#4E2666#4E2666

#4E2666 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.112 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2666
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 102)
HSL	hsl(278, 46%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 62.7%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.56, 31.13, -30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.56, 43.43, 315.78°)
OKLab	oklab(35.43% 0.0734 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(35.43% 0.112 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2328, 3.9654, 13.0048)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 7.10

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2666 #3E6626

analogous

#2E2666 #4E2666 #66265E

triadic

#4E2666 #664E26 #26664E

tetradic

#4E2666 #662E26 #3E6626 #265E66

square

#4E2666 #662E26 #3E6626 #265E66

split-complementary

#4E2666 #5E6626 #26662E

monochromatic

#110816 #2C1539 #4E2666 #703793 #914BBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#4E2666 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E2666 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2666

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2666	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2666	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F3668

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3242

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2666;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.112 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826392',
    500: '#4e2666',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2666;
$custom-light: #826392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2666",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 45.714,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3543,
    "c": 0.11246,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2666

secondary

#6B994F

accent

#D55284

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2666

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

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