#4E2C60#4E2C60

#4E2C60 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.094 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C60
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 96)
HSL	hsl(279, 37%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(279, 54%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 54.2%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.53, 26.07, -24.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.53, 36.00, 316.39°)
OKLab	oklab(36.03% 0.064 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(36.03% 0.094 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.1535, 4.2657, 11.5633)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C60 #3E602C

analogous

#342C60 #4E2C60 #602C58

triadic

#4E2C60 #604E2C #2C604E

tetradic

#4E2C60 #60342C #3E602C #2C5860

square

#4E2C60 #60342C #3E602C #2C5860

split-complementary

#4E2C60 #58602C #2C6034

monochromatic

#110A15 #2C1936 #4E2C60 #703F8A #9155B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.33

#4E2C60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E2C60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C60

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C60	1.00	11.33	1.85	11.33
#FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#203862

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A3B5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3441

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.094 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81668d',
    500: '#4e2c60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c60;
$custom-light: #81668d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.231,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36025,
    "c": 0.09431,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C60

secondary

#6B9256

accent

#CD5B82

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C60

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