#4E2A62#4E2A62

#4E2A62 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.101 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A62
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 98)
HSL	hsl(279, 40%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(279, 57%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 57.1%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.19, 27.78, -26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.19, 38.52, 316.15°)
OKLab	oklab(35.81% 0.0673 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(35.81% 0.101 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1741, 4.1576, 12.0302)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A62 #3E622A

analogous

#322A62 #4E2A62 #622A5A

triadic

#4E2A62 #624E2A #2A624E

tetradic

#4E2A62 #62322A #3E622A #2A5A62

square

#4E2A62 #62322A #3E622A #2A5A62

split-complementary

#4E2A62 #5A622A #2A6232

monochromatic

#110915 #2C1837 #4E2A62 #703C8D #9152B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#4E2A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E2A62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A62

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A62	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B3864

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#273A61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3341

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.101 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81658f',
    500: '#4e2a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a62;
$custom-light: #81658f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35809,
    "c": 0.10052,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A62

secondary

#6B9453

accent

#D05883

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A62

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

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