#4E2965#4E2965

#4E2965 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.106 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2965
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 101)
HSL	hsl(277, 42%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 59%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 59.4%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.15, 29.13, -28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.15, 40.89, 315.42°)
OKLab	oklab(35.84% 0.0691 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(35.84% 0.106 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.2833, 4.1453, 12.7785)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 7.64

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2965 #406529

analogous

#302965 #4E2965 #65295E

triadic

#4E2965 #654E29 #29654E

tetradic

#4E2965 #653029 #406529 #295E65

square

#4E2965 #653029 #406529 #295E65

split-complementary

#4E2965 #5E6529 #296530

monochromatic

#110916 #2C1739 #4E2965 #703B91 #9050B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#4E2965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E2965 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2965

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2965	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#163867

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#243A64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3442

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.106 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816491',
    500: '#4e2965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2965;
$custom-light: #816491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277,
    "s": 42.254,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3584,
    "c": 0.10608,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2965

secondary

#6D9752

accent

#D25685

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050D

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2965

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

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