#4E268C#4E268C

#4E268C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.158 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E268C
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 140)
HSL	hsl(264, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 72.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.45, 41.23, -49.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.45, 64.63, 309.64°)
OKLab	oklab(38.42% 0.0694 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(38.42% 0.158 296)
XYZ	xyz(8.5674, 4.8992, 25.3001)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.46

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E268C #648C26

analogous

#26318C #4E268C #81268C

triadic

#4E268C #8C4E26 #268C4E

tetradic

#4E268C #8C2631 #648C26 #268C81

square

#4E268C #8C2631 #648C26 #268C81

split-complementary

#4E268C #8C8126 #318C26

monochromatic

#180C2C #33195C #4E268C #6933BC #895AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#4E268C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4E268C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E268C

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E268C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E268C	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e268c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.158 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8664ae',
    500: '#4e268c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e268c;
$custom-light: #8664ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e268c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.529,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38421,
    "c": 0.15838,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.04899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E268C

secondary

#91B757

accent

#E147A4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E268C

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

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