#4E2864#4E2864

#4E2864 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.107 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2864
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 100)
HSL	hsl(278, 43%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(278, 60%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 60%, 0%, 60.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.86, 29.47, -28.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.86, 41.00, 315.95°)
OKLab	oklab(35.61% 0.0705 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(35.61% 0.107 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.2005, 4.0575, 12.5107)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2864 #3E6428

analogous

#302864 #4E2864 #64285C

triadic

#4E2864 #644E28 #28644E

tetradic

#4E2864 #643028 #3E6428 #285C64

square

#4E2864 #643028 #3E6428 #285C64

split-complementary

#4E2864 #5C6428 #286430

monochromatic

#110916 #2C1738 #4E2864 #703990 #914EB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#4E2864 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4E2864 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2864

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2864	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2864	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#163766

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233A63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2864;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.107 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816490',
    500: '#4e2864',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2864;
$custom-light: #816490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2864",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3561,
    "c": 0.10657,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2864

secondary

#6B9751

accent

#D35583

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2864

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

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