#4E2D6A#4E2D6A

#4E2D6A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.105 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D6A
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 106)
HSL	hsl(272, 40%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 58%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 57.5%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.37, 28.02, -29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.37, 41.04, 313.06°)
OKLab	oklab(36.84% 0.0634 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(36.84% 0.105 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6813, 4.5372, 14.1567)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 8.38

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D6A #496A2D

analogous

#302D6A #4E2D6A #6A2D68

triadic

#4E2D6A #6A4E2D #2D6A4E

tetradic

#4E2D6A #6A302D #496A2D #2D686A

square

#4E2D6A #6A302D #496A2D #2D686A

split-complementary

#4E2D6A #686A2D #2D6A30

monochromatic

#100915 #2E1B3F #4E2D6A #6E3F95 #8D59B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#4E2D6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4E2D6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D6A

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D6A	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#193B6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#243C69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3847

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.105 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826795',
    500: '#4e2d6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d6a;
$custom-light: #826795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.459,
    "s": 40.397,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36844,
    "c": 0.10548,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D6A

secondary

#779C57

accent

#D0588F

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D6A

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

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