#4E2B69#4E2B69

#4E2B69 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.108 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B69
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 105)
HSL	hsl(274, 42%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 59%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 59%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.85, 28.96, -30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.85, 41.83, 313.83°)
OKLab	oklab(36.44% 0.0663 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(36.44% 0.108 308)
XYZ	xyz(6.5551, 4.3675, 13.8595)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B69 #46692B

analogous

#2F2B69 #4E2B69 #692B65

triadic

#4E2B69 #694E2B #2B694E

tetradic

#4E2B69 #692F2B #46692B #2B6569

square

#4E2B69 #692F2B #46692B #2B6569

split-complementary

#4E2B69 #65692B #2B692F

monochromatic

#100916 #2E193E #4E2B69 #6E3D94 #8E55B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#4E2B69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4E2B69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B69

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B69	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#163A6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233B67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.108 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826694',
    500: '#4e2b69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b69;
$custom-light: #826694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.871,
    "s": 41.892,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3644,
    "c": 0.10767,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.04367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B69

secondary

#739B55

accent

#D2568C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B69

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

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