#4E2782#4E2782

#4E2782 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.145 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2782
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 130)
HSL	hsl(266, 54%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 70%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 70%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.81, 37.95, -44.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.81, 58.53, 310.42°)
OKLab	oklab(37.71% 0.0701 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(37.71% 0.145 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8957, 4.6823, 21.6026)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2782 #5B8227

analogous

#272E82 #4E2782 #7B2782

triadic

#4E2782 #824E27 #27824E

tetradic

#4E2782 #82272E #5B8227 #27827B

square

#4E2782 #82272E #5B8227 #27827B

split-complementary

#4E2782 #827B27 #2E8227

monochromatic

#160B24 #321953 #4E2782 #6A35B1 #8957CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.84

#4E2782 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4E2782 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2782

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2782	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2782	1.00	10.84	1.94	10.84
#FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2782;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.145 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8464a7',
    500: '#4e2782',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2782;
$custom-light: #8464a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2782",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37709,
    "c": 0.14511,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2782

secondary

#89B153

accent

#DD4B9E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2782

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

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