#4E2B60#4E2B60

#4E2B60 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.096 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B60
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 96)
HSL	hsl(280, 38%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(280, 55%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 55.2%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.30, 26.68, -25.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.30, 36.70, 316.63°)
OKLab	oklab(35.85% 0.0656 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(35.85% 0.096 313)
XYZ	xyz(6.1167, 4.1921, 11.5510)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B60 #3D602B

analogous

#342B60 #4E2B60 #602B57

triadic

#4E2B60 #604E2B #2B604E

tetradic

#4E2B60 #60342B #3D602B #2B5760

square

#4E2B60 #60342B #3D602B #2B5760

split-complementary

#4E2B60 #57602B #2B6034

monochromatic

#110915 #2C1836 #4E2B60 #703E8A #9253B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#4E2B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E2B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B60

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B60	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E3862

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#293B5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3441

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.096 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81668d',
    500: '#4e2b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b60;
$custom-light: #81668d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.623,
    "s": 38.129,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35852,
    "c": 0.09616,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.04192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B60

secondary

#6A9255

accent

#CE5A81

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B60

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