#4E286B#4E286B

#4E286B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.115 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E286B
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 107)
HSL	hsl(274, 46%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 63%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 62.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.32, 31.25, -32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.32, 44.95, 314.04°)
OKLab	oklab(36.09% 0.0706 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(36.09% 0.115 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.5540, 4.1989, 14.3723)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E286B #456B28

analogous

#2D286B #4E286B #6B2867

triadic

#4E286B #6B4E28 #286B4E

tetradic

#4E286B #6B2D28 #456B28 #28676B

square

#4E286B #6B2D28 #456B28 #28676B

split-complementary

#4E286B #676B28 #286B2D

monochromatic

#100816 #2E173E #4E286B #6E3998 #8E50BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41

#4E286B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E286B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E286B

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E286B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E286B	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C386D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3A69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e286b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.115 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826496',
    500: '#4e286b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e286b;
$custom-light: #826496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e286b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.03,
    "s": 45.578,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36092,
    "c": 0.11528,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E286B

secondary

#729D51

accent

#D5538B

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E286B

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

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