#4E2A79#4E2A79

#4E2A79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.130 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A79
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 121)
HSL	hsl(267, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 65%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 65.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.73, 33.82, -39.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.73, 51.63, 310.92°)
OKLab	oklab(37.44% 0.0675 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(37.44% 0.13 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4202, 4.6561, 18.5932)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A79 #55792A

analogous

#2A2E79 #4E2A79 #762A79

triadic

#4E2A79 #794E2A #2A794E

tetradic

#4E2A79 #792A2E #55792A #2A7976

square

#4E2A79 #792A2E #55792A #2A7976

split-complementary

#4E2A79 #79762A #2E792A

monochromatic

#130A1E #311A4C #4E2A79 #6B3AA6 #8A58C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#4E2A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4E2A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A79

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A79	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E3D77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.130 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8366a0',
    500: '#4e2a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a79;
$custom-light: #8366a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.342,
    "s": 48.466,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37435,
    "c": 0.12967,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A79

secondary

#83AB54

accent

#D8509A

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A79

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

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