#4E268D#4E268D

#4E268D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.160 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E268D
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 141)
HSL	hsl(263, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 73%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.53, 41.51, -50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.53, 65.18, 309.55°)
OKLab	oklab(38.51% 0.0692 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(38.51% 0.16 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6414, 4.9288, 25.6902)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.56

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E268D #658D26

analogous

#26318D #4E268D #81268D

triadic

#4E268D #8D4E26 #268D4E

tetradic

#4E268D #8D2631 #658D26 #268D81

square

#4E268D #8D2631 #658D26 #268D81

split-complementary

#4E268D #8D8126 #318D26

monochromatic

#190C2D #33195D #4E268D #6933BD #895BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.58

#4E268D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4E268D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E268D

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E268D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E268D	1.00	10.58	1.99	10.58
#FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e268d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.160 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8664af',
    500: '#4e268d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e268d;
$custom-light: #8664af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e268d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.301,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38508,
    "c": 0.15956,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E268D

secondary

#92B857

accent

#E147A5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E268D

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

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