#4E268F#4E268F

#4E268F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.162 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E268F
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 143)
HSL	hsl(263, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 73.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.70, 42.06, -51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.70, 66.27, 309.39°)
OKLab	oklab(38.68% 0.0687 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(38.68% 0.162 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.7916, 4.9889, 26.4810)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.77

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E268F #678F26

analogous

#26338F #4E268F #82268F

triadic

#4E268F #8F4E26 #268F4E

tetradic

#4E268F #8F2633 #678F26 #268F82

square

#4E268F #8F2633 #678F26 #268F82

split-complementary

#4E268F #8F8226 #338F26

monochromatic

#190C2E #34195F #4E268F #6833BF #895CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#4E268F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4E268F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E268F

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E268F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E268F	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e268f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.162 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8664b1',
    500: '#4e268f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e268f;
$custom-light: #8664b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e268f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 58.011,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38683,
    "c": 0.16193,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E268F

secondary

#94B958

accent

#E147A6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E268F

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

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