#4E2682#4E2682

#4E2682 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.146 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2682
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 130)
HSL	hsl(266, 55%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 71%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 70.8%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.62, 38.49, -44.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.62, 59.12, 310.62°)
OKLab	oklab(37.57% 0.0712 -0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(37.57% 0.146 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.8633, 4.6175, 21.5918)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2682 #5A8226

analogous

#262C82 #4E2682 #7C2682

triadic

#4E2682 #824E26 #26824E

tetradic

#4E2682 #82262C #5A8226 #26827C

square

#4E2682 #82262C #5A8226 #26827C

split-complementary

#4E2682 #827C26 #2C8226

monochromatic

#150A23 #321853 #4E2682 #6A34B1 #8955CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#4E2682 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4E2682 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2682

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2682	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2682	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2682;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.146 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8464a7',
    500: '#4e2682',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2682;
$custom-light: #8464a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2682",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37571,
    "c": 0.14646,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2682

secondary

#88B252

accent

#DE4A9E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2682

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

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