#4E2B6D#4E2B6D

#4E2B6D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.113 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B6D
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 109)
HSL	hsl(272, 43%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 61%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 60.6%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.11, 30.01, -32.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.11, 44.12, 312.86°)
OKLab	oklab(36.71% 0.0664 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(36.71% 0.113 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7655, 4.4516, 14.9679)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B6D #4A6D2B

analogous

#2D2B6D #4E2B6D #6D2B6B

triadic

#4E2B6D #6D4E2B #2B6D4E

tetradic

#4E2B6D #6D2D2B #4A6D2B #2B6B6D

square

#4E2B6D #6D2D2B #4A6D2B #2B6B6D

split-complementary

#4E2B6D #6B6D2B #2B6D2D

monochromatic

#100916 #2F1A41 #4E2B6D #6D3C99 #8C56BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#4E2B6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4E2B6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B6D

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B6D	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#113A6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3C6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493847

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.113 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826697',
    500: '#4e2b6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b6d;
$custom-light: #826697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.818,
    "s": 43.421,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36715,
    "c": 0.11281,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B6D

secondary

#789F55

accent

#D35590

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B6D

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

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