#4E286C#4E286C

#4E286C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.117 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E286C
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 108)
HSL	hsl(274, 46%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 63%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 63%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.39, 31.51, -32.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.39, 45.52, 313.80°)
OKLab	oklab(36.16% 0.0706 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(36.16% 0.117 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6069, 4.2201, 14.6509)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E286C #466C28

analogous

#2C286C #4E286C #6C2868

triadic

#4E286C #6C4E28 #286C4E

tetradic

#4E286C #6C2C28 #466C28 #28686C

square

#4E286C #6C2C28 #466C28 #28686C

split-complementary

#4E286C #686C28 #286C2C

monochromatic

#100816 #2E173F #4E286C #6E3999 #8E50BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#4E286C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E286C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E286C

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E286C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E286C	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B396E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3A6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e286c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.117 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826496',
    500: '#4e286c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e286c;
$custom-light: #826496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e286c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.529,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36163,
    "c": 0.11653,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E286C

secondary

#739E51

accent

#D6528C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E286C

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

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