#4E2B64#4E2B64

#4E2B64 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.101 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B64
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 100)
HSL	hsl(277, 40%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 57%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 57%, 0%, 60.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.54, 27.68, -27.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.54, 38.97, 315.26°)
OKLab	oklab(36.11% 0.066 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(36.11% 0.101 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.3056, 4.2677, 12.5457)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B64 #41642B

analogous

#312B64 #4E2B64 #642B5D

triadic

#4E2B64 #644E2B #2B644E

tetradic

#4E2B64 #64312B #41642B #2B5D64

square

#4E2B64 #64312B #41642B #2B5D64

split-complementary

#4E2B64 #5D642B #2B6431

monochromatic

#110915 #2D1939 #4E2B64 #6F3D8F #9054B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.33

#4E2B64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E2B64 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B64

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B64	1.00	11.33	1.85	11.33
#FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B3966

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263B63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3543

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.101 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816690',
    500: '#4e2b64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b64;
$custom-light: #816690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.842,
    "s": 39.86,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36107,
    "c": 0.10126,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B64

secondary

#6E9655

accent

#D05886

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B64

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

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