#4E268B#4E268B

#4E268B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.157 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E268B
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 139)
HSL	hsl(264, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 72.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.36, 40.95, -49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.36, 64.09, 309.72°)
OKLab	oklab(38.33% 0.0696 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(38.33% 0.157 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.4940, 4.8698, 24.9135)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.36

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E268B #638B26

analogous

#26318B #4E268B #80268B

triadic

#4E268B #8B4E26 #268B4E

tetradic

#4E268B #8B2631 #638B26 #268B80

square

#4E268B #8B2631 #638B26 #268B80

split-complementary

#4E268B #8B8026 #318B26

monochromatic

#180C2B #33195B #4E268B #6933BB #895AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#4E268B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4E268B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E268B

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E268B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E268B	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e268b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.157 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564ae',
    500: '#4e268b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e268b;
$custom-light: #8564ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e268b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.762,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38334,
    "c": 0.1572,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E268B

secondary

#90B756

accent

#E047A4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E268B

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

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