#4E2A7B#4E2A7B

#4E2A7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.132 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A7B
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 123)
HSL	hsl(267, 49%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 66%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 65.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.88, 34.37, -40.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.88, 52.76, 310.64°)
OKLab	oklab(37.59% 0.0673 -0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(37.59% 0.132 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.5441, 4.7056, 19.2459)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A7B #577B2A

analogous

#2A2E7B #4E2A7B #772A7B

triadic

#4E2A7B #7B4E2A #2A7B4E

tetradic

#4E2A7B #7B2A2E #577B2A #2A7B77

square

#4E2A7B #7B2A2E #577B2A #2A7B77

split-complementary

#4E2A7B #7B772A #2E7B2A

monochromatic

#140B20 #311A4D #4E2A7B #6B3AA9 #8A59C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.82

#4E2A7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4E2A7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A7B

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A7B	1.00	10.82	1.94	10.82
#FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093D79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.132 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8366a2',
    500: '#4e2a7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a7b;
$custom-light: #8366a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37588,
    "c": 0.13219,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A7B

secondary

#85AC55

accent

#D94F9C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A7B

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

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