#4E2C62#4E2C62

#4E2C62 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.097 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C62
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 98)
HSL	hsl(278, 38%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 55%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 55.1%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.65, 26.57, -25.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.65, 37.14, 315.68°)
OKLab	oklab(36.15% 0.0642 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(36.15% 0.097 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.2468, 4.3030, 12.0544)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.38

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C62 #40622C

analogous

#332C62 #4E2C62 #622C5B

triadic

#4E2C62 #624E2C #2C624E

tetradic

#4E2C62 #62332C #40622C #2C5B62

square

#4E2C62 #62332C #40622C #2C5B62

split-complementary

#4E2C62 #5B622C #2C6233

monochromatic

#110915 #2C1938 #4E2C62 #703F8C #9056B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#4E2C62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E2C62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C62

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C62	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E3964

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#293B61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3542

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.097 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81668f',
    500: '#4e2c62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c62;
$custom-light: #81668f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.778,
    "s": 38.028,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36151,
    "c": 0.09688,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C62

secondary

#6D9456

accent

#CE5A85

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C62

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

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