#4E2D69#4E2D69

#4E2D69 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.104 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D69
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 105)
HSL	hsl(273, 40%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 57%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 57.1%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.31, 27.76, -29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.31, 40.46, 313.31°)
OKLab	oklab(36.78% 0.0633 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(36.78% 0.104 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.6296, 4.5165, 13.8844)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 8.58

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D69 #48692D

analogous

#302D69 #4E2D69 #692D66

triadic

#4E2D69 #694E2D #2D694E

tetradic

#4E2D69 #69302D #48692D #2D6669

square

#4E2D69 #69302D #48692D #2D6669

split-complementary

#4E2D69 #66692D #2D6930

monochromatic

#100915 #2E1B3E #4E2D69 #6E3F94 #8D59B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#4E2D69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4E2D69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D69

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D69	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A3B6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#253C68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3846

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.104 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816794',
    500: '#4e2d69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d69;
$custom-light: #816794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36778,
    "c": 0.10417,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D69

secondary

#769B57

accent

#D0588E

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D69

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

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