#4E2A66#4E2A66

#4E2A66 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.106 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A66
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 102)
HSL	hsl(276, 42%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 59%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 58.8%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.43, 28.79, -28.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.43, 40.79, 314.90°)
OKLab	oklab(36.07% 0.0676 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(36.07% 0.106 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.3677, 4.2351, 13.0498)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 7.96

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A66 #42662A

analogous

#302A66 #4E2A66 #662A60

triadic

#4E2A66 #664E2A #2A664E

tetradic

#4E2A66 #66302A #42662A #2A6066

square

#4E2A66 #66302A #42662A #2A6066

split-complementary

#4E2A66 #60662A #2A6630

monochromatic

#110916 #2D183B #4E2A66 #6F3C91 #8F52B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#4E2A66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E2A66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A66

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A66	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#173868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#243B65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3543

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.106 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816592',
    500: '#4e2a66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a66;
$custom-light: #816592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36072,
    "c": 0.10558,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A66

secondary

#6F9854

accent

#D15688

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A66

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

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