#4E2B66#4E2B66

#4E2B66 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.104 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B66
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 102)
HSL	hsl(276, 41%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 58%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 57.8%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.66, 28.19, -28.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.66, 40.11, 314.65°)
OKLab	oklab(36.24% 0.0661 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(36.24% 0.104 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.4036, 4.3069, 13.0618)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 8.19

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B66 #43662B

analogous

#302B66 #4E2B66 #662B60

triadic

#4E2B66 #664E2B #2B664E

tetradic

#4E2B66 #66302B #43662B #2B6066

square

#4E2B66 #66302B #43662B #2B6066

split-complementary

#4E2B66 #60662B #2B6630

monochromatic

#100916 #2D193B #4E2B66 #6F3D91 #8F54B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28

#4E2B66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E2B66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B66

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B66	1.00	11.28	1.86	11.28
#FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#193968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#253B65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3544

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.104 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816692',
    500: '#4e2b66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b66;
$custom-light: #816692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.593,
    "s": 40.69,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36239,
    "c": 0.10382,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B66

secondary

#709855

accent

#D15789

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B66

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

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