#4E2A63#4E2A63

#4E2A63 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.102 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A63
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 99)
HSL	hsl(278, 40%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 58%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 57.6%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.25, 28.03, -27.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.25, 39.08, 315.82°)
OKLab	oklab(35.87% 0.0674 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(35.87% 0.102 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.2216, 4.1766, 12.2804)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A63 #3F632A

analogous

#312A63 #4E2A63 #632A5B

triadic

#4E2A63 #634E2A #2A634E

tetradic

#4E2A63 #63312A #3F632A #2A5B63

square

#4E2A63 #63312A #3F632A #2A5B63

split-complementary

#4E2A63 #5B632A #2A6331

monochromatic

#110915 #2C1838 #4E2A63 #703C8E #9152B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#4E2A63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E2A63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A63

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A63	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A3865

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263A62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3442

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.102 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816590',
    500: '#4e2a63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a63;
$custom-light: #816590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.895,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35874,
    "c": 0.10178,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A63

secondary

#6C9553

accent

#D05884

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A63

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

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