#4E2869#4E2869

#4E2869 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.113 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2869
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 105)
HSL	hsl(275, 45%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 62%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 61.9%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.18, 30.73, -31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.18, 43.82, 314.53°)
OKLab	oklab(35.95% 0.0706 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(35.95% 0.113 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.4500, 4.1573, 13.8245)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2869 #436928

analogous

#2D2869 #4E2869 #692863

triadic

#4E2869 #694E28 #28694E

tetradic

#4E2869 #692D28 #436928 #286369

square

#4E2869 #692D28 #436928 #286369

split-complementary

#4E2869 #636928 #28692D

monochromatic

#100816 #2D173D #4E2869 #6F3995 #8F4FBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#4E2869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E2869 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2869

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2869	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#10386B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3A67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3444

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.113 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826494',
    500: '#4e2869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2869;
$custom-light: #826494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.077,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35952,
    "c": 0.11279,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2869

secondary

#709C51

accent

#D55389

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2869

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

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