#4E2980#4E2980

#4E2980 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.140 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2980
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 128)
HSL	hsl(266, 51%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 68%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 68%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.05, 36.30, -42.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.05, 56.21, 310.23°)
OKLab	oklab(37.83% 0.068 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(37.83% 0.14 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.8301, 4.7640, 20.9249)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2980 #5B8029

analogous

#293080 #4E2980 #792980

triadic

#4E2980 #804E29 #29804E

tetradic

#4E2980 #802930 #5B8029 #298079

square

#4E2980 #802930 #5B8029 #298079

split-complementary

#4E2980 #807929 #308029

monochromatic

#160B23 #321A52 #4E2980 #6A38AE #8959CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#4E2980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4E2980 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2980

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2980	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.140 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8465a5',
    500: '#4e2980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2980;
$custom-light: #8465a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.517,
    "s": 51.479,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37833,
    "c": 0.13989,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2980

secondary

#89AF55

accent

#DB4D9F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2980

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

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