#4E2A77#4E2A77

#4E2A77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.127 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A77
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 119)
HSL	hsl(268, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 65%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 64.7%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.59, 33.27, -37.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.59, 50.49, 311.23°)
OKLab	oklab(37.28% 0.0676 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(37.28% 0.127 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.2988, 4.6075, 17.9540)
Luminance	0.0461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A77 #53772A

analogous

#2A2D77 #4E2A77 #752A77

triadic

#4E2A77 #774E2A #2A774E

tetradic

#4E2A77 #772A2D #53772A #2A7775

square

#4E2A77 #772A2D #53772A #2A7775

split-complementary

#4E2A77 #77752A #2D772A

monochromatic

#130A1D #301A4A #4E2A77 #6C3AA4 #8A58C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#4E2A77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4E2A77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A77

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A77	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#123C75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.127 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83669f',
    500: '#4e2a77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a77;
$custom-light: #83669f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.052,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37283,
    "c": 0.12716,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A77

secondary

#81A954

accent

#D75098

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A77

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

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