#4E2C66#4E2C66

#4E2C66 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.102 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C66
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 102)
HSL	hsl(275, 40%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 57%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 56.9%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.89, 27.59, -28.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.89, 39.43, 314.40°)
OKLab	oklab(36.41% 0.0646 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(36.41% 0.102 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4404, 4.3805, 13.0740)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C66 #44662C

analogous

#312C66 #4E2C66 #662C61

triadic

#4E2C66 #664E2C #2C664E

tetradic

#4E2C66 #66312C #44662C #2C6166

square

#4E2C66 #66312C #44662C #2C6166

split-complementary

#4E2C66 #61662C #2C6631

monochromatic

#100915 #2D1A3B #4E2C66 #6F3E91 #8E56B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#4E2C66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4E2C66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C66

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C66	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B3A68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263C65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3644

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.102 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816692',
    500: '#4e2c66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c66;
$custom-light: #816692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.172,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36408,
    "c": 0.10205,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C66

secondary

#719856

accent

#D0588A

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C66

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

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