#4E2A6E#4E2A6E

#4E2A6E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.116 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A6E
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 110)
HSL	hsl(272, 45%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 62%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 61.8%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.96, 30.86, -33.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.96, 45.35, 312.89°)
OKLab	oklab(36.62% 0.0678 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(36.62% 0.116 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.7837, 4.4015, 15.2410)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A6E #4A6E2A

analogous

#2C2A6E #4E2A6E #6E2A6C

triadic

#4E2A6E #6E4E2A #2A6E4E

tetradic

#4E2A6E #6E2C2A #4A6E2A #2A6C6E

square

#4E2A6E #6E2C2A #4A6E2A #2A6C6E

split-complementary

#4E2A6E #6C6E2A #2A6E2C

monochromatic

#100816 #2F1942 #4E2A6E #6D3B9A #8C55BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#4E2A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4E2A6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A6E

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A6E	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D3A70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3B6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493747

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.116 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826598',
    500: '#4e2a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a6e;
$custom-light: #826598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 44.737,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36623,
    "c": 0.11575,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A6E

secondary

#78A054

accent

#D45390

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A6E

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

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