#4E2A78#4E2A78

#4E2A78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.128 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A78
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 120)
HSL	hsl(268, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 65%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 65%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.66, 33.55, -38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.66, 51.06, 311.07°)
OKLab	oklab(37.36% 0.0675 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(37.36% 0.128 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3592, 4.6317, 18.2720)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A78 #54782A

analogous

#2A2D78 #4E2A78 #752A78

triadic

#4E2A78 #784E2A #2A784E

tetradic

#4E2A78 #782A2D #54782A #2A7875

square

#4E2A78 #782A2D #54782A #2A7875

split-complementary

#4E2A78 #78752A #2D782A

monochromatic

#130A1D #311A4B #4E2A78 #6B3AA5 #8A58C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#4E2A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4E2A78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A78

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A78	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#103C76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.128 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83669f',
    500: '#4e2a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a78;
$custom-light: #83669f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37358,
    "c": 0.12841,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A78

secondary

#82AA54

accent

#D85099

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A78

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

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