#4E2B6A#4E2B6A

#4E2B6A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.109 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B6A
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 106)
HSL	hsl(273, 42%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 59%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 59.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.92, 29.23, -30.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.92, 42.40, 313.57°)
OKLab	oklab(36.51% 0.0663 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(36.51% 0.109 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.6068, 4.3881, 14.1318)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B6A #476A2B

analogous

#2F2B6A #4E2B6A #6A2B67

triadic

#4E2B6A #6A4E2B #2B6A4E

tetradic

#4E2B6A #6A2F2B #476A2B #2B676A

square

#4E2B6A #6A2F2B #476A2B #2B676A

split-complementary

#4E2B6A #676A2B #2B6A2F

monochromatic

#100916 #2E193E #4E2B6A #6E3D96 #8D55BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#4E2B6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4E2B6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B6A

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B6A	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#153A6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223B68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3746

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.109 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826695',
    500: '#4e2b6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b6a;
$custom-light: #826695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 42.282,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36508,
    "c": 0.10895,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B6A

secondary

#749C55

accent

#D2568D

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B6A

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

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