#4E2681#4E2681

#4E2681 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.145 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2681
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 129)
HSL	hsl(266, 54%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 71%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 70.5%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.54, 38.22, -44.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.54, 58.57, 310.73°)
OKLab	oklab(37.49% 0.0714 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(37.49% 0.145 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7965, 4.5908, 21.2400)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2681 #598126

analogous

#262B81 #4E2681 #7C2681

triadic

#4E2681 #814E26 #26814E

tetradic

#4E2681 #81262B #598126 #26817C

square

#4E2681 #81262B #598126 #26817C

split-complementary

#4E2681 #817C26 #2B8126

monochromatic

#150A22 #311852 #4E2681 #6B34B0 #8955CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#4E2681 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4E2681 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2681

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2681	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2681	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2681;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.145 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463a6',
    500: '#4e2681',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2681;
$custom-light: #8463a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2681",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.374,
    "s": 54.491,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37488,
    "c": 0.14526,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2681

secondary

#87B151

accent

#DE4A9D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2681

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

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