#4E2964#4E2964

#4E2964 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.105 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2964
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 100)
HSL	hsl(278, 42%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 59%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 59%, 0%, 60.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.08, 28.88, -28.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.08, 40.33, 315.73°)
OKLab	oklab(35.77% 0.069 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(35.77% 0.105 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2347, 4.1258, 12.5220)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2964 #3F6429

analogous

#302964 #4E2964 #64295C

triadic

#4E2964 #644E29 #29644E

tetradic

#4E2964 #643029 #3F6429 #295C64

square

#4E2964 #643029 #3F6429 #295C64

split-complementary

#4E2964 #5C6429 #296430

monochromatic

#110916 #2C1739 #4E2964 #703B8F #9150B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#4E2964 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E2964 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2964

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2964	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2964	1.00	11.51	1.83	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#173766

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#243A63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2964;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.105 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816490',
    500: '#4e2964',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2964;
$custom-light: #816490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2964",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.627,
    "s": 41.844,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35773,
    "c": 0.10482,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2964

secondary

#6C9652

accent

#D25684

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2964

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

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