#4E2879#4E2879

#4E2879 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.133 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2879
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 121)
HSL	hsl(268, 50%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 67%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 66.9%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.31, 34.95, -39.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.31, 52.88, 311.37°)
OKLab	oklab(37.13% 0.07 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(37.13% 0.133 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3511, 4.5177, 18.5702)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2879 #537928

analogous

#282B79 #4E2879 #772879

triadic

#4E2879 #794E28 #28794E

tetradic

#4E2879 #79282B #537928 #287977

square

#4E2879 #79282B #537928 #287977

split-complementary

#4E2879 #797728 #2B7928

monochromatic

#130A1D #30194B #4E2879 #6C37A7 #8A55C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#4E2879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4E2879 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2879

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2879	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093C77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.133 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8364a0',
    500: '#4e2879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2879;
$custom-light: #8364a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.148,
    "s": 50.311,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37133,
    "c": 0.13268,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2879

secondary

#81AB52

accent

#DA4E98

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2879

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

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