#4E2C6D#4E2C6D

#4E2C6D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.111 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C6D
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 109)
HSL	hsl(271, 42%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 60%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 59.6%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.34, 29.42, -31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.34, 43.45, 312.61°)
OKLab	oklab(36.88% 0.065 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(36.88% 0.111 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8023, 4.5252, 14.9801)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 7.96

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C6D #4B6D2C

analogous

#2E2C6D #4E2C6D #6D2C6B

triadic

#4E2C6D #6D4E2C #2C6D4E

tetradic

#4E2C6D #6D2E2C #4B6D2C #2C6B6D

square

#4E2C6D #6D2E2C #4B6D2C #2C6B6D

split-complementary

#4E2C6D #6B6D2C #2C6D2E

monochromatic

#100916 #2F1A41 #4E2C6D #6D3E99 #8C58BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#4E2C6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4E2C6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C6D

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C6D	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#143B6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203C6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493848

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.111 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826797',
    500: '#4e2c6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c6d;
$custom-light: #826797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.385,
    "s": 42.484,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3688,
    "c": 0.11111,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C6D

secondary

#799F56

accent

#D25691

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C6D

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

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