#4E286D#4E286D

#4E286D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.118 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E286D
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 109)
HSL	hsl(273, 46%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 63%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 63.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.45, 31.77, -33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.45, 46.09, 313.57°)
OKLab	oklab(36.24% 0.0706 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(36.24% 0.118 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6604, 4.2415, 14.9328)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E286D #476D28

analogous

#2B286D #4E286D #6D286A

triadic

#4E286D #6D4E28 #286D4E

tetradic

#4E286D #6D2B28 #476D28 #286A6D

square

#4E286D #6D2B28 #476D28 #286A6D

split-complementary

#4E286D #6A6D28 #286D2B

monochromatic

#100816 #2E1840 #4E286D #6E389A #8D50BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#4E286D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E286D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E286D

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E286D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E286D	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#09396F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3A6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493646

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e286d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.118 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826497',
    500: '#4e286d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e286d;
$custom-light: #826497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e286d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.043,
    "s": 46.309,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36235,
    "c": 0.11777,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E286D

secondary

#749F51

accent

#D6528D

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E286D

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

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