#4E2780#4E2780

#4E2780 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.143 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2780
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 128)
HSL	hsl(266, 53%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 70%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 69.5%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.65, 37.40, -43.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.65, 57.42, 310.65°)
OKLab	oklab(37.55% 0.0704 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(37.55% 0.143 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7627, 4.6292, 20.9024)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2780 #598027

analogous

#272D80 #4E2780 #7A2780

triadic

#4E2780 #804E27 #27804E

tetradic

#4E2780 #80272D #598027 #27807A

square

#4E2780 #80272D #598027 #27807A

split-complementary

#4E2780 #807A27 #2D8027

monochromatic

#150A22 #311951 #4E2780 #6B35AF #8956CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#4E2780 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4E2780 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2780

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2780	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2780	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2780;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.143 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8464a5',
    500: '#4e2780',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2780;
$custom-light: #8464a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2780",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.292,
    "s": 53.293,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37545,
    "c": 0.14268,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2780

secondary

#87B053

accent

#DD4B9D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2780

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

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