#4E268E#4E268E

#4E268E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.161 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E268E
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 142)
HSL	hsl(263, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 73.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.62, 41.78, -50.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.62, 65.73, 309.47°)
OKLab	oklab(38.6% 0.0689 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(38.6% 0.161 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7162, 4.9587, 26.0838)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.66

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E268E #668E26

analogous

#26328E #4E268E #82268E

triadic

#4E268E #8E4E26 #268E4E

tetradic

#4E268E #8E2632 #668E26 #268E82

square

#4E268E #8E2632 #668E26 #268E82

split-complementary

#4E268E #8E8226 #328E26

monochromatic

#190C2D #33195E #4E268E #6933BE #895BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.54

#4E268E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4E268E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E268E

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E268E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E268E	1.00	10.54	1.99	10.54
#FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e268e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.161 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8664b0',
    500: '#4e268e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e268e;
$custom-light: #8664b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e268e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38595,
    "c": 0.16074,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E268E

secondary

#93B858

accent

#E147A6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E268E

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

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