#4E2A65#4E2A65

#4E2A65 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.104 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A65
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 101)
HSL	hsl(277, 41%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 58%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 58.4%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.37, 28.54, -28.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.37, 40.22, 315.19°)
OKLab	oklab(36% 0.0676 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(36% 0.104 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.3184, 4.2153, 12.7902)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A65 #41652A

analogous

#302A65 #4E2A65 #652A5E

triadic

#4E2A65 #654E2A #2A654E

tetradic

#4E2A65 #65302A #41652A #2A5E65

square

#4E2A65 #65302A #41652A #2A5E65

split-complementary

#4E2A65 #5E652A #2A6530

monochromatic

#110916 #2D183A #4E2A65 #6F3C90 #9052B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#4E2A65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E2A65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A65

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A65	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#183867

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#253B64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3443

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.104 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816591',
    500: '#4e2a65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a65;
$custom-light: #816591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.61,
    "s": 41.259,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36005,
    "c": 0.10432,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A65

secondary

#6E9753

accent

#D15786

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A060D

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A65

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

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