#4E2983#4E2983

#4E2983 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.144 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2983
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 131)
HSL	hsl(265, 52%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 69%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 68.7%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.29, 37.13, -44.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.29, 57.89, 309.90°)
OKLab	oklab(38.08% 0.0677 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(38.08% 0.144 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0305, 4.8442, 21.9803)
Luminance	0.0484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2983 #5E8329

analogous

#293183 #4E2983 #7B2983

triadic

#4E2983 #834E29 #29834E

tetradic

#4E2983 #832931 #5E8329 #29837B

square

#4E2983 #832931 #5E8329 #29837B

split-complementary

#4E2983 #837B29 #318329

monochromatic

#160C26 #321A54 #4E2983 #6A38B2 #895BCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#4E2983 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4E2983 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2983

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2983	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2983	1.00	10.67	1.97	10.67
#FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2983;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.144 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8465a8',
    500: '#4e2983',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2983;
$custom-light: #8465a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2983",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.667,
    "s": 52.326,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38076,
    "c": 0.14359,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2983

secondary

#8CB157

accent

#DC4CA1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2983

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

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