#4E2978#4E2978

#4E2978 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.130 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2978
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 120)
HSL	hsl(268, 49%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 66%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 65.8%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.45, 34.12, -38.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.45, 51.69, 311.30°)
OKLab	oklab(37.21% 0.0688 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(37.21% 0.13 302)
XYZ	xyz(7.3242, 4.5616, 18.2603)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 6.61

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2978 #537829

analogous

#292C78 #4E2978 #762978

triadic

#4E2978 #784E29 #29784E

tetradic

#4E2978 #78292C #537829 #297876

square

#4E2978 #78292C #537829 #297876

split-complementary

#4E2978 #787629 #2C7829

monochromatic

#130A1D #30194A #4E2978 #6C39A6 #8A56C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#4E2978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4E2978 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2978

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2978	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E3C76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.130 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83659f',
    500: '#4e2978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2978;
$custom-light: #83659f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.101,
    "s": 49.068,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37206,
    "c": 0.12994,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.04562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2978

secondary

#81AA53

accent

#D94F98

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2978

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

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