#4E2781#4E2781

#4E2781 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.144 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2781
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 129)
HSL	hsl(266, 54%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 70%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 69.8%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.73, 37.68, -44.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.73, 57.98, 310.53°)
OKLab	oklab(37.63% 0.0702 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(37.63% 0.144 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8289, 4.6556, 21.2508)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2781 #5A8127

analogous

#272D81 #4E2781 #7B2781

triadic

#4E2781 #814E27 #27814E

tetradic

#4E2781 #81272D #5A8127 #27817B

square

#4E2781 #81272D #5A8127 #27817B

split-complementary

#4E2781 #817B27 #2D8127

monochromatic

#150B23 #321952 #4E2781 #6A35B0 #8956CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#4E2781 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4E2781 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2781

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2781	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2781	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2781;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.144 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8464a6',
    500: '#4e2781',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2781;
$custom-light: #8464a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2781",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37627,
    "c": 0.1439,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2781

secondary

#88B153

accent

#DD4B9E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2781

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

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