#4E2B6C#4E2B6C

#4E2B6C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.112 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B6C
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 108)
HSL	hsl(272, 43%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 60%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 60.2%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.05, 29.75, -31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.05, 43.55, 313.09°)
OKLab	oklab(36.65% 0.0664 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(36.65% 0.112 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7120, 4.4302, 14.6860)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B6C #496C2B

analogous

#2E2B6C #4E2B6C #6C2B69

triadic

#4E2B6C #6C4E2B #2B6C4E

tetradic

#4E2B6C #6C2E2B #496C2B #2B696C

square

#4E2B6C #6C2E2B #496C2B #2B696C

split-complementary

#4E2B6C #696C2B #2B6C2E

monochromatic

#100916 #2E1A40 #4E2B6C #6E3C98 #8D56BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#4E2B6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4E2B6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B6C

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B6C	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#133A6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203C6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493747

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.112 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826696',
    500: '#4e2b6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b6c;
$custom-light: #826696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 43.046,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36645,
    "c": 0.11152,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B6C

secondary

#779E55

accent

#D3558F

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B6C

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

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