#4E2D63#4E2D63

#4E2D63 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.096 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D63
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 99)
HSL	hsl(277, 38%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 55%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 54.5%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.94, 26.21, -26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.94, 37.01, 315.08°)
OKLab	oklab(36.39% 0.0628 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(36.39% 0.096 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.3320, 4.3974, 12.3172)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.53

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D63 #42632D

analogous

#332D63 #4E2D63 #632D5D

triadic

#4E2D63 #634E2D #2D634E

tetradic

#4E2D63 #63332D #42632D #2D5D63

square

#4E2D63 #63332D #42632D #2D5D63

split-complementary

#4E2D63 #5D632D #2D6333

monochromatic

#110A15 #2D1A39 #4E2D63 #6F408D #8F58B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#4E2D63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4E2D63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D63

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D63	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F3A65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#293C62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3643

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.096 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816790',
    500: '#4e2d63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d63;
$custom-light: #816790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36388,
    "c": 0.09634,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D63

secondary

#6F9557

accent

#CD5A87

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D63

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

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