#4E2A64#4E2A64

#4E2A64 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.103 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A64
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 100)
HSL	hsl(277, 41%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 58%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 58%, 0%, 60.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.31, 28.28, -27.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.31, 39.65, 315.50°)
OKLab	oklab(35.94% 0.0675 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(35.94% 0.103 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.2697, 4.1959, 12.5337)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A64 #40642A

analogous

#312A64 #4E2A64 #642A5D

triadic

#4E2A64 #644E2A #2A644E

tetradic

#4E2A64 #64312A #40642A #2A5D64

square

#4E2A64 #64312A #40642A #2A5D64

split-complementary

#4E2A64 #5D642A #2A6431

monochromatic

#110916 #2C1839 #4E2A64 #703C8F #9052B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#4E2A64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E2A64 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A64

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A64	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#193866

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#253A63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3442

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.103 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816590',
    500: '#4e2a64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a64;
$custom-light: #816590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.241,
    "s": 40.845,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35939,
    "c": 0.10305,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A64

secondary

#6D9653

accent

#D15785

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A64

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

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