#4E2C6E#4E2C6E

#4E2C6E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.112 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C6E
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 110)
HSL	hsl(271, 43%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 60%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 60%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.40, 29.68, -32.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.40, 44.02, 312.39°)
OKLab	oklab(36.95% 0.065 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(36.95% 0.112 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8564, 4.5469, 15.2653)
Luminance	0.0455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 7.79

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C6E #4C6E2C

analogous

#2D2C6E #4E2C6E #6E2C6D

triadic

#4E2C6E #6E4E2C #2C6E4E

tetradic

#4E2C6E #6E2D2C #4C6E2C #2C6D6E

square

#4E2C6E #6E2D2C #4C6E2C #2C6D6E

split-complementary

#4E2C6E #6D6E2C #2C6E2D

monochromatic

#100917 #2F1B42 #4E2C6E #6D3D9A #8C58BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#4E2C6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4E2C6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C6E

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C6E	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#123B70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203C6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.112 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826798',
    500: '#4e2c6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c6e;
$custom-light: #826798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.909,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3695,
    "c": 0.11241,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C6E

secondary

#7AA056

accent

#D35592

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C6E

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

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