#4E286A#4E286A

#4E286A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.114 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E286A
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 106)
HSL	hsl(275, 45%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 62%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 62.3%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.25, 30.99, -31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.25, 44.39, 314.28°)
OKLab	oklab(36.02% 0.0706 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(36.02% 0.114 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5017, 4.1780, 14.0968)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E286A #446A28

analogous

#2D286A #4E286A #6A2865

triadic

#4E286A #6A4E28 #286A4E

tetradic

#4E286A #6A2D28 #446A28 #28656A

square

#4E286A #6A2D28 #446A28 #28656A

split-complementary

#4E286A #656A28 #286A2D

monochromatic

#100816 #2D173E #4E286A #6F3996 #8E50BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#4E286A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E286A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E286A

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E286A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E286A	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E386C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3A68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e286a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.114 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826495',
    500: '#4e286a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e286a;
$custom-light: #826495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e286a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.545,
    "s": 45.205,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36022,
    "c": 0.11403,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E286A

secondary

#719D51

accent

#D5538A

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E286A

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

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