#4E2979#4E2979

#4E2979 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.131 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2979
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 121)
HSL	hsl(268, 49%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 66%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 66.1%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.52, 34.39, -39.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.52, 52.26, 311.15°)
OKLab	oklab(37.28% 0.0687 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(37.28% 0.131 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3852, 4.5860, 18.5816)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2979 #547929

analogous

#292C79 #4E2979 #762979

triadic

#4E2979 #794E29 #29794E

tetradic

#4E2979 #79292C #547929 #297976

square

#4E2979 #79292C #547929 #297976

split-complementary

#4E2979 #797629 #2C7929

monochromatic

#130A1E #311A4B #4E2979 #6B38A7 #8A56C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#4E2979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4E2979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2979

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2979	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3C77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.131 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8365a0',
    500: '#4e2979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2979;
$custom-light: #8365a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.75,
    "s": 49.383,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37282,
    "c": 0.13119,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2979

secondary

#82AB53

accent

#D94F99

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2979

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

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