#4E2B6E#4E2B6E

#4E2B6E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.114 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B6E
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 110)
HSL	hsl(271, 44%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 61%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 60.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.18, 30.27, -32.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.18, 44.69, 312.64°)
OKLab	oklab(36.79% 0.0664 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(36.79% 0.114 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8196, 4.4733, 15.2530)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B6E #4B6E2B

analogous

#2C2B6E #4E2B6E #6E2B6D

triadic

#4E2B6E #6E4E2B #2B6E4E

tetradic

#4E2B6E #6E2C2B #4B6E2B #2B6D6E

square

#4E2B6E #6E2C2B #4B6E2B #2B6D6E

split-complementary

#4E2B6E #6D6E2B #2B6E2C

monochromatic

#100916 #2F1A42 #4E2B6E #6D3C9A #8C56BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#4E2B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4E2B6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B6E

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B6E	1.00	11.08	1.89	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#103B70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3C6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493848

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.114 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826698',
    500: '#4e2b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b6e;
$custom-light: #826698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.343,
    "s": 43.791,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36785,
    "c": 0.11409,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B6E

secondary

#79A055

accent

#D45491

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B6E

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

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