#4E286F#4E286F

#4E286F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.120 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E286F
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 111)
HSL	hsl(272, 47%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 64%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 64%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.59, 32.29, -34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.59, 47.22, 313.14°)
OKLab	oklab(36.38% 0.0706 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(36.38% 0.12 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.7693, 4.2850, 15.5063)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E286F #496F28

analogous

#2B286F #4E286F #6F286D

triadic

#4E286F #6F4E28 #286F4E

tetradic

#4E286F #6F2B28 #496F28 #286D6F

square

#4E286F #6F2B28 #496F28 #286D6F

split-complementary

#4E286F #6D6F28 #286F2B

monochromatic

#100816 #2E1842 #4E286F #6E389C #8D51C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#4E286F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E286F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E286F

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E286F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E286F	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#053971

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193B6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483647

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e286f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.120 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826499',
    500: '#4e286f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e286f;
$custom-light: #826499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e286f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.113,
    "s": 47.02,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3638,
    "c": 0.12027,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E286F

secondary

#77A151

accent

#D7518F

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E286F

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

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