#4E2765#4E2765

#4E2765 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.110 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2765
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 101)
HSL	hsl(278, 44%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(278, 61%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 61.4%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.71, 30.30, -29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.71, 42.22, 315.86°)
OKLab	oklab(35.52% 0.072 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(35.52% 0.11 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.2159, 4.0105, 12.7560)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 7.19

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2765 #3E6527

analogous

#2F2765 #4E2765 #65275D

triadic

#4E2765 #654E27 #27654E

tetradic

#4E2765 #652F27 #3E6527 #275D65

square

#4E2765 #652F27 #3E6527 #275D65

split-complementary

#4E2765 #5D6527 #27652F

monochromatic

#110916 #2C1639 #4E2765 #703891 #914CBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#4E2765 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E2765 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2765

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2765	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2765	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#133767

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3242

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2765;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.110 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826391',
    500: '#4e2765',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2765;
$custom-light: #826391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2765",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.742,
    "s": 44.286,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35518,
    "c": 0.10954,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2765

secondary

#6B9850

accent

#D45483

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2765

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

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