#4E2B62#4E2B62

#4E2B62 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.099 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B62
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 98)
HSL	hsl(278, 39%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 56%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 56.1%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.42, 27.18, -26.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.42, 37.83, 315.92°)
OKLab	oklab(35.98% 0.0658 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(35.98% 0.099 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2100, 4.2294, 12.0421)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B62 #3F622B

analogous

#332B62 #4E2B62 #622B5A

triadic

#4E2B62 #624E2B #2B624E

tetradic

#4E2B62 #62332B #3F622B #2B5A62

square

#4E2B62 #62332B #3F622B #2B5A62

split-complementary

#4E2B62 #5A622B #2B6233

monochromatic

#110915 #2C1837 #4E2B62 #703E8D #9154B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#4E2B62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E2B62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B62

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B62	1.00	11.38	1.85	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D3864

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283B61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3442

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.099 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81668f',
    500: '#4e2b62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b62;
$custom-light: #81668f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 39.007,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35978,
    "c": 0.09871,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B62

secondary

#6C9455

accent

#CF5984

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B62

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

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