#4E2C63#4E2C63

#4E2C63 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.098 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C63
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 99)
HSL	hsl(277, 38%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 56%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 55.6%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.71, 26.82, -26.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.71, 37.71, 315.34°)
OKLab	oklab(36.21% 0.0644 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(36.21% 0.098 311)
XYZ	xyz(6.2943, 4.3220, 12.3046)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C63 #41632C

analogous

#322C63 #4E2C63 #632C5C

triadic

#4E2C63 #634E2C #2C634E

tetradic

#4E2C63 #63322C #41632C #2C5C63

square

#4E2C63 #63322C #41632C #2C5C63

split-complementary

#4E2C63 #5C632C #2C6332

monochromatic

#110915 #2D1939 #4E2C63 #6F3F8D #9056B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#4E2C63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E2C63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C63

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C63	1.00	11.26	1.86	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D3965

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283B62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3543

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.098 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816690',
    500: '#4e2c63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c63;
$custom-light: #816690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.091,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36214,
    "c": 0.09817,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.04322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C63

secondary

#6E9556

accent

#CE5986

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C63

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

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