#4E2A6D#4E2A6D

#4E2A6D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.114 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A6D
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 109)
HSL	hsl(272, 44%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 61%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 61.5%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.89, 30.60, -32.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.89, 44.78, 313.11°)
OKLab	oklab(36.55% 0.0678 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(36.55% 0.114 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.7296, 4.3798, 14.9559)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A6D #496D2A

analogous

#2D2A6D #4E2A6D #6D2A6B

triadic

#4E2A6D #6D4E2A #2A6D4E

tetradic

#4E2A6D #6D2D2A #496D2A #2A6B6D

square

#4E2A6D #6D2D2A #496D2A #2A6B6D

split-complementary

#4E2A6D #6B6D2A #2A6D2D

monochromatic

#100916 #2E1941 #4E2A6D #6E3B99 #8D54BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#4E2A6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4E2A6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A6D

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A6D	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F3A6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3B6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493747

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.114 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826597',
    500: '#4e2a6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a6d;
$custom-light: #826597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.239,
    "s": 44.371,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36552,
    "c": 0.11448,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A6D

secondary

#779F54

accent

#D4548F

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A6D

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

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