#4E296D#4E296D

#4E296D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.116 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E296D
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 109)
HSL	hsl(273, 45%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 62%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 62.4%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.67, 31.19, -33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.67, 45.44, 313.34°)
OKLab	oklab(36.39% 0.0692 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(36.39% 0.116 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6946, 4.3098, 14.9442)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E296D #486D29

analogous

#2C296D #4E296D #6D296A

triadic

#4E296D #6D4E29 #296D4E

tetradic

#4E296D #6D2C29 #486D29 #296A6D

square

#4E296D #6D2C29 #486D29 #296A6D

split-complementary

#4E296D #6A6D29 #296D2C

monochromatic

#100816 #2E1841 #4E296D #6E3A99 #8D52BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28

#4E296D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E296D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E296D

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E296D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E296D	1.00	11.28	1.86	11.28
#FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C396F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3B6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493647

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e296d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.116 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826597',
    500: '#4e296d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e296d;
$custom-light: #826597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e296d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.647,
    "s": 45.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36392,
    "c": 0.11614,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E296D

secondary

#769F53

accent

#D5538E

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E296D

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

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