#4E2A68#4E2A68

#4E2A68 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.108 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A68
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 104)
HSL	hsl(275, 42%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 60%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 59.6%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.56, 29.30, -29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.56, 41.93, 314.34°)
OKLab	oklab(36.21% 0.0677 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(36.21% 0.108 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.4680, 4.2752, 13.5785)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A68 #44682A

analogous

#2F2A68 #4E2A68 #682A63

triadic

#4E2A68 #684E2A #2A684E

tetradic

#4E2A68 #682F2A #44682A #2A6368

square

#4E2A68 #682F2A #44682A #2A6368

split-complementary

#4E2A68 #63682A #2A682F

monochromatic

#100916 #2D183C #4E2A68 #6F3C94 #8E53B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#4E2A68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E2A68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A68

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A68	1.00	11.32	1.86	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15396A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223B66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3544

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.108 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826593',
    500: '#4e2a68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a68;
$custom-light: #826593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.839,
    "s": 42.466,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36206,
    "c": 0.10812,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A68

secondary

#719A54

accent

#D2568A

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A68

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

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