#4E2961#4E2961

#4E2961 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.101 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2961
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 97)
HSL	hsl(280, 41%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(280, 58%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 57.7%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.90, 28.13, -26.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.90, 38.64, 316.72°)
OKLab	oklab(35.58% 0.0688 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(35.58% 0.101 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.0921, 4.0688, 11.7714)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2961 #3C6129

analogous

#322961 #4E2961 #612958

triadic

#4E2961 #614E29 #29614E

tetradic

#4E2961 #613229 #3C6129 #295861

square

#4E2961 #613229 #3C6129 #295861

split-complementary

#4E2961 #586129 #296132

monochromatic

#110916 #2B1736 #4E2961 #713B8C #9250B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#4E2961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4E2961 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2961

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2961	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A3763

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263A60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3240

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.101 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81648e',
    500: '#4e2961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2961;
$custom-light: #81648e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.643,
    "s": 40.58,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35577,
    "c": 0.10107,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2961

secondary

#689452

accent

#D05780

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2961

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

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