#4E2866#4E2866

#4E2866 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.109 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2866
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 102)
HSL	hsl(277, 44%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 61%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 60.8%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.99, 29.97, -29.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.99, 42.13, 315.35°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% 0.0706 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.109 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.2985, 4.0967, 13.0267)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 7.51

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2866 #406628

analogous

#2F2866 #4E2866 #66285F

triadic

#4E2866 #664E28 #28664E

tetradic

#4E2866 #662F28 #406628 #285F66

square

#4E2866 #662F28 #406628 #285F66

split-complementary

#4E2866 #5F6628 #28662F

monochromatic

#110916 #2C173A #4E2866 #703992 #904FBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#4E2866 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E2866 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2866

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2866	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2866	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#133768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223A64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2866;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.109 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826492',
    500: '#4e2866',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2866;
$custom-light: #826492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2866",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.774,
    "s": 43.662,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35745,
    "c": 0.10906,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2866

secondary

#6D9951

accent

#D35486

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2866

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

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