#4E268A#4E268A

#4E268A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.156 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E268A
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 138)
HSL	hsl(264, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 72.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.28, 40.68, -48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.28, 63.54, 309.81°)
OKLab	oklab(38.25% 0.0698 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(38.25% 0.156 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4212, 4.8407, 24.5305)
Luminance	0.0484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.26

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E268A #628A26

analogous

#26308A #4E268A #80268A

triadic

#4E268A #8A4E26 #268A4E

tetradic

#4E268A #8A2630 #628A26 #268A80

square

#4E268A #8A2630 #628A26 #268A80

split-complementary

#4E268A #8A8026 #308A26

monochromatic

#180C2A #33195A #4E268A #6933BA #8959D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#4E268A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4E268A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E268A

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E268A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E268A	1.00	10.67	1.97	10.67
#FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e268a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.156 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564ad',
    500: '#4e268a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e268a;
$custom-light: #8564ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e268a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38247,
    "c": 0.15601,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E268A

secondary

#90B656

accent

#E048A3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E268A

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

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