#4E2784#4E2784

#4E2784 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.148 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2784
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 132)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 70%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 70.5%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.97, 38.50, -45.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.97, 59.64, 310.20°)
OKLab	oklab(37.88% 0.0698 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(37.88% 0.148 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0312, 4.7366, 22.3164)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2784 #5D8427

analogous

#272E84 #4E2784 #7C2784

triadic

#4E2784 #844E27 #27844E

tetradic

#4E2784 #84272E #5D8427 #27847C

square

#4E2784 #84272E #5D8427 #27847C

split-complementary

#4E2784 #847C27 #2E8427

monochromatic

#160B26 #321955 #4E2784 #6A35B3 #8958CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.78

#4E2784 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4E2784 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2784

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2784	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2784	1.00	10.78	1.95	10.78
#FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2784;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.148 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8464a8',
    500: '#4e2784',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2784;
$custom-light: #8464a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2784",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.161,
    "s": 54.386,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37875,
    "c": 0.14753,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2784

secondary

#8BB254

accent

#DE4AA0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2784

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

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