#4E266C#4E266C

#4E266C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.120 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E266C
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 108)
HSL	hsl(274, 48%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 65%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 64.8%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.96, 32.65, -33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.96, 46.80, 314.23°)
OKLab	oklab(35.85% 0.0734 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(35.85% 0.12 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.5412, 4.0887, 14.6291)
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

#4E266C #446C26

analogous

#2B266C #4E266C #6C2667

triadic

#4E266C #6C4E26 #266C4E

tetradic

#4E266C #6C2B26 #446C26 #26676C

square

#4E266C #6C2B26 #446C26 #26676C

split-complementary

#4E266C #676C26 #266C2B

monochromatic

#100817 #2D163F #4E266C #6F3699 #8E4CC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#4E266C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E266C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E266C

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E266C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E266C	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)

#04376E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A396A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e266c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.120 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826396',
    500: '#4e266c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e266c;
$custom-light: #826396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e266c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 47.945,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35855,
    "c": 0.11977,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E266C

secondary

#719F4F

accent

#D8508A

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E266C

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

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