#4E2B63#4E2B63

#4E2B63 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.100 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B63
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 99)
HSL	hsl(278, 39%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 57%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 56.6%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.48, 27.43, -26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.48, 38.40, 315.58°)
OKLab	oklab(36.04% 0.0659 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(36.04% 0.1 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2575, 4.2484, 12.2924)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B63 #40632B

analogous

#322B63 #4E2B63 #632B5C

triadic

#4E2B63 #634E2B #2B634E

tetradic

#4E2B63 #63322B #40632B #2B5C63

square

#4E2B63 #63322B #40632B #2B5C63

split-complementary

#4E2B63 #5C632B #2B6332

monochromatic

#110915 #2C1838 #4E2B63 #703E8E #9054B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#4E2B63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E2B63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B63

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B63	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C3865

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#273B62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3442

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.100 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816690',
    500: '#4e2b63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b63;
$custom-light: #816690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 39.437,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36043,
    "c": 0.09999,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B63

secondary

#6D9555

accent

#CF5885

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B63

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

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