#4E2981#4E2981

#4E2981 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.141 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2981
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 129)
HSL	hsl(265, 52%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 68%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 68.2%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.13, 36.58, -43.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.13, 56.77, 310.12°)
OKLab	oklab(37.91% 0.0679 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(37.91% 0.141 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8963, 4.7905, 21.2733)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2981 #5C8129

analogous

#293081 #4E2981 #7A2981

triadic

#4E2981 #814E29 #29814E

tetradic

#4E2981 #812930 #5C8129 #29817A

square

#4E2981 #812930 #5C8129 #29817A

split-complementary

#4E2981 #817A29 #308129

monochromatic

#160B24 #321A53 #4E2981 #6A38AF #895ACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#4E2981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4E2981 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2981

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2981	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.141 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8465a6',
    500: '#4e2981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2981;
$custom-light: #8465a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.227,
    "s": 51.765,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37914,
    "c": 0.14112,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2981

secondary

#8AB056

accent

#DB4D9F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2981

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

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