#4E2C6B#4E2C6B

#4E2C6B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.109 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C6B
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 107)
HSL	hsl(272, 42%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 59%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 58.9%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.21, 28.89, -30.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.21, 42.30, 313.07°)
OKLab	oklab(36.74% 0.0649 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(36.74% 0.109 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6959, 4.4827, 14.4196)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C6B #496B2C

analogous

#2F2C6B #4E2C6B #6B2C69

triadic

#4E2C6B #6B4E2C #2C6B4E

tetradic

#4E2C6B #6B2F2C #496B2C #2C696B

square

#4E2C6B #6B2F2C #496B2C #2C696B

split-complementary

#4E2C6B #696B2C #2C6B2F

monochromatic

#100916 #2E1A40 #4E2C6B #6E3E96 #8D57BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#4E2C6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4E2C6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C6B

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C6B	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#163B6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223C69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493847

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.109 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826796',
    500: '#4e2c6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c6b;
$custom-light: #826796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.381,
    "s": 41.722,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36743,
    "c": 0.10852,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C6B

secondary

#779D56

accent

#D2568F

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C6B

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

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