#4E2A61#4E2A61

#4E2A61 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.099 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A61
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 97)
HSL	hsl(279, 40%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(279, 57%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 56.7%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.13, 27.53, -26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.13, 37.95, 316.50°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% 0.0672 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.099 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.1271, 4.1388, 11.7831)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.95

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A61 #3D612A

analogous

#332A61 #4E2A61 #612A58

triadic

#4E2A61 #614E2A #2A614E

tetradic

#4E2A61 #61332A #3D612A #2A5861

square

#4E2A61 #61332A #3D612A #2A5861

split-complementary

#4E2A61 #58612A #2A6133

monochromatic

#110915 #2C1836 #4E2A61 #703C8C #9252B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#4E2A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E2A61 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A61

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A61	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C3763

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#273A60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3341

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.099 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81658e',
    500: '#4e2a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a61;
$custom-light: #81658e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.273,
    "s": 39.568,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35744,
    "c": 0.09926,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A61

secondary

#6A9353

accent

#CF5881

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A61

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