#4E2A6F#4E2A6F

#4E2A6F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.117 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A6F
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 111)
HSL	hsl(271, 45%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 62%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 62.2%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.02, 31.13, -33.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.02, 45.92, 312.68°)
OKLab	oklab(36.69% 0.0678 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(36.69% 0.117 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.8385, 4.4234, 15.5294)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A6F #4B6F2A

analogous

#2B2A6F #4E2A6F #6F2A6E

triadic

#4E2A6F #6F4E2A #2A6F4E

tetradic

#4E2A6F #6F2B2A #4B6F2A #2A6E6F

square

#4E2A6F #6F2B2A #4B6F2A #2A6E6F

split-complementary

#4E2A6F #6E6F2A #2A6F2B

monochromatic

#100816 #2F1943 #4E2A6F #6D3B9B #8C55BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#4E2A6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4E2A6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A6F

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A6F	1.00	11.14	1.88	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B3A71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3B6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483848

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.117 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826599',
    500: '#4e2a6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a6f;
$custom-light: #826599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36694,
    "c": 0.11702,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A6F

secondary

#79A154

accent

#D55391

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A6F

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

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