#4E2966#4E2966

#4E2966 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.107 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2966
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 102)
HSL	hsl(276, 43%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 60%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 59.8%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.21, 29.38, -29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.21, 41.46, 315.13°)
OKLab	oklab(35.91% 0.0691 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(35.91% 0.107 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.3326, 4.1650, 13.0381)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 7.73

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2966 #416629

analogous

#2F2966 #4E2966 #66295F

triadic

#4E2966 #664E29 #29664E

tetradic

#4E2966 #662F29 #416629 #295F66

square

#4E2966 #662F29 #416629 #295F66

split-complementary

#4E2966 #5F6629 #29662F

monochromatic

#110916 #2D173A #4E2966 #6F3B92 #9051B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#4E2966 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E2966 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2966

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2966	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2966	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#153868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233A65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3443

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2966;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.107 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826492',
    500: '#4e2966',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2966;
$custom-light: #826492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2966",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.393,
    "s": 42.657,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35907,
    "c": 0.10733,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2966

secondary

#6E9852

accent

#D25587

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2966

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

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