#4E2862#4E2862

#4E2862 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.104 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2862
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 98)
HSL	hsl(279, 42%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(279, 59%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 59.2%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.74, 28.97, -27.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.74, 39.87, 316.59°)
OKLab	oklab(35.48% 0.0704 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(35.48% 0.104 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.1049, 4.0193, 12.0071)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2862 #3C6228

analogous

#312862 #4E2862 #622859

triadic

#4E2862 #624E28 #28624E

tetradic

#4E2862 #623128 #3C6228 #285962

square

#4E2862 #623128 #3C6228 #285962

split-complementary

#4E2862 #596228 #286231

monochromatic

#110916 #2B1637 #4E2862 #713A8D #924EB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#4E2862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E2862 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2862

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2862	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#183664

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#253961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3241

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.104 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81648f',
    500: '#4e2862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2862;
$custom-light: #81648f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.31,
    "s": 42.029,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35477,
    "c": 0.1041,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2862

secondary

#689551

accent

#D25681

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2862

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

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