#4E2C65#4E2C65

#4E2C65 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.101 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C65
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 101)
HSL	hsl(276, 39%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 56%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 56.4%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.83, 27.33, -27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.83, 38.85, 314.70°)
OKLab	oklab(36.34% 0.0645 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(36.34% 0.101 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.3911, 4.3608, 12.8144)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C65 #43652C

analogous

#312C65 #4E2C65 #652C5F

triadic

#4E2C65 #654E2C #2C654E

tetradic

#4E2C65 #65312C #43652C #2C5F65

square

#4E2C65 #65312C #43652C #2C5F65

split-complementary

#4E2C65 #5F652C #2C6531

monochromatic

#100915 #2D193A #4E2C65 #6F3F90 #8F56B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#4E2C65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4E2C65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C65

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C65	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C3967

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#273B64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3644

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.101 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816691',
    500: '#4e2c65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c65;
$custom-light: #816691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.789,
    "s": 39.31,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36343,
    "c": 0.10075,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C65

secondary

#709756

accent

#CF5988

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A060D

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C65

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

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