#4E296A#4E296A

#4E296A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.112 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E296A
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 106)
HSL	hsl(274, 44%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 61%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 61.3%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.47, 30.41, -31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.47, 43.73, 314.05°)
OKLab	oklab(36.18% 0.0692 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(36.18% 0.112 308)
XYZ	xyz(6.5358, 4.2463, 14.1082)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E296A #456A29

analogous

#2E296A #4E296A #6A2966

triadic

#4E296A #6A4E29 #296A4E

tetradic

#4E296A #6A2E29 #456A29 #29666A

square

#4E296A #6A2E29 #456A29 #29666A

split-complementary

#4E296A #666A29 #296A2E

monochromatic

#100916 #2E183E #4E296A #6E3A96 #8E52BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#4E296A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E296A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E296A

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E296A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E296A	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#11396C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203B68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e296a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.112 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826595',
    500: '#4e296a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e296a;
$custom-light: #826595;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e296a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.154,
    "s": 44.218,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36181,
    "c": 0.11236,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.04246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E296A

secondary

#729C52

accent

#D4548B

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E296A

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

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