#4E2A76#4E2A76

#4E2A76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.126 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A76
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 118)
HSL	hsl(268, 48%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 64%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 64.4%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.51, 33.00, -37.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.51, 49.92, 311.39°)
OKLab	oklab(37.21% 0.0676 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(37.21% 0.126 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2391, 4.5836, 17.6394)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A76 #52762A

analogous

#2A2C76 #4E2A76 #742A76

triadic

#4E2A76 #764E2A #2A764E

tetradic

#4E2A76 #762A2C #52762A #2A7674

square

#4E2A76 #762A2C #52762A #2A7674

split-complementary

#4E2A76 #76742A #2C762A

monochromatic

#120A1C #301A49 #4E2A76 #6C3AA3 #8A57C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#4E2A76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4E2A76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A76

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A76	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#133C74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.126 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83669e',
    500: '#4e2a76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a76;
$custom-light: #83669e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 47.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37208,
    "c": 0.12589,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A76

secondary

#80A854

accent

#D75197

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A76

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

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