#4E286E#4E286E

#4E286E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.119 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E286E
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 110)
HSL	hsl(273, 47%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 64%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 63.6%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.52, 32.03, -33.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.52, 46.65, 313.35°)
OKLab	oklab(36.31% 0.0706 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(36.31% 0.119 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7146, 4.2631, 15.2180)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E286E #486E28

analogous

#2B286E #4E286E #6E286B

triadic

#4E286E #6E4E28 #286E4E

tetradic

#4E286E #6E2B28 #486E28 #286B6E

square

#4E286E #6E2B28 #486E28 #286B6E

split-complementary

#4E286E #6B6E28 #286E2B

monochromatic

#100816 #2E1841 #4E286E #6E389B #8D51C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#4E286E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E286E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E286E

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E286E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E286E	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#073970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493647

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e286e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.119 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826498',
    500: '#4e286e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e286e;
$custom-light: #826498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e286e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.571,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36307,
    "c": 0.11903,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E286E

secondary

#76A051

accent

#D6518E

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E286E

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

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