#4E2A6A#4E2A6A

#4E2A6A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.111 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A6A
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 106)
HSL	hsl(274, 43%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 60%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 60.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.69, 29.82, -31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.69, 43.07, 313.82°)
OKLab	oklab(36.34% 0.0678 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(36.34% 0.111 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.5708, 4.3163, 14.1199)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A6A #466A2A

analogous

#2E2A6A #4E2A6A #6A2A66

triadic

#4E2A6A #6A4E2A #2A6A4E

tetradic

#4E2A6A #6A2E2A #466A2A #2A666A

square

#4E2A6A #6A2E2A #466A2A #2A666A

split-complementary

#4E2A6A #666A2A #2A6A2E

monochromatic

#100916 #2E193E #4E2A6A #6E3B96 #8E53BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#4E2A6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E2A6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A6A

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A6A	1.00	11.27	1.86	11.27
#FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#13396C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213B68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.111 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826595',
    500: '#4e2a6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a6a;
$custom-light: #826595;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 43.243,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36343,
    "c": 0.11067,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A6A

secondary

#739C54

accent

#D3558C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A6A

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

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