#4E2B65#4E2B65

#4E2B65 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.103 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B65
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 101)
HSL	hsl(276, 40%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 57%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 57.4%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.60, 27.93, -27.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.60, 39.54, 314.95°)
OKLab	oklab(36.17% 0.0661 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(36.17% 0.103 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.3543, 4.2872, 12.8022)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B65 #42652B

analogous

#312B65 #4E2B65 #652B5F

triadic

#4E2B65 #654E2B #2B654E

tetradic

#4E2B65 #65312B #42652B #2B5F65

square

#4E2B65 #65312B #42652B #2B5F65

split-complementary

#4E2B65 #5F652B #2B6531

monochromatic

#110915 #2D193A #4E2B65 #6F3D90 #8F54B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#4E2B65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E2B65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B65

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B65	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A3967

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263B64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3543

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.103 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816691',
    500: '#4e2b65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b65;
$custom-light: #816691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.207,
    "s": 40.278,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36173,
    "c": 0.10254,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B65

secondary

#6F9755

accent

#D05887

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A060D

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B65

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

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