#4E2A69#4E2A69

#4E2A69 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.109 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A69
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 105)
HSL	hsl(274, 43%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 60%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 60%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.63, 29.56, -30.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.63, 42.50, 314.07°)
OKLab	oklab(36.27% 0.0678 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(36.27% 0.109 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5191, 4.2956, 13.8476)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A69 #45692A

analogous

#2F2A69 #4E2A69 #692A65

triadic

#4E2A69 #694E2A #2A694E

tetradic

#4E2A69 #692F2A #45692A #2A6569

square

#4E2A69 #692F2A #45692A #2A6569

split-complementary

#4E2A69 #65692A #2A692F

monochromatic

#100916 #2E193D #4E2A69 #6E3B95 #8E53BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#4E2A69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E2A69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A69

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A69	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14396B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223B67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.109 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826594',
    500: '#4e2a69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a69;
$custom-light: #826594;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36274,
    "c": 0.10939,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A69

secondary

#729B54

accent

#D3558B

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A69

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

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