#4E2B6B#4E2B6B

#4E2B6B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.110 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B6B
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 107)
HSL	hsl(273, 43%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 60%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 59.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.98, 29.49, -31.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.98, 42.97, 313.33°)
OKLab	oklab(36.58% 0.0664 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(36.58% 0.11 307)
XYZ	xyz(6.6591, 4.4091, 14.4073)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B6B #486B2B

analogous

#2E2B6B #4E2B6B #6B2B68

triadic

#4E2B6B #6B4E2B #2B6B4E

tetradic

#4E2B6B #6B2E2B #486B2B #2B686B

square

#4E2B6B #6B2E2B #486B2B #2B686B

split-complementary

#4E2B6B #686B2B #2B6B2E

monochromatic

#100916 #2E193F #4E2B6B #6E3D97 #8D56BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#4E2B6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4E2B6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B6B

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B6B	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#143A6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213C69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493746

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.110 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826696',
    500: '#4e2b6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b6b;
$custom-light: #826696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.813,
    "s": 42.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36576,
    "c": 0.11024,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.04409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B6B

secondary

#769D55

accent

#D2558E

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B6B

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

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