#4E2865#4E2865

#4E2865 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.108 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2865
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 101)
HSL	hsl(277, 43%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 60%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 60.4%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.92, 29.72, -29.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.92, 41.56, 315.65°)
OKLab	oklab(35.68% 0.0705 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(35.68% 0.108 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2492, 4.0770, 12.7671)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 7.41

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2865 #3F6528

analogous

#302865 #4E2865 #65285D

triadic

#4E2865 #654E28 #28654E

tetradic

#4E2865 #653028 #3F6528 #285D65

square

#4E2865 #653028 #3F6528 #285D65

split-complementary

#4E2865 #5D6528 #286530

monochromatic

#110916 #2C1739 #4E2865 #703991 #914EB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#4E2865 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E2865 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2865

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2865	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2865	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#153767

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233A63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2865;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.108 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826491',
    500: '#4e2865',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2865;
$custom-light: #826491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2865",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.377,
    "s": 43.262,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35677,
    "c": 0.10782,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2865

secondary

#6C9851

accent

#D35584

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2865

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

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