#4E2A7C#4E2A7C

#4E2A7C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.133 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A7C
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 124)
HSL	hsl(266, 49%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 66%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 66.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.95, 34.64, -40.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.95, 53.33, 310.51°)
OKLab	oklab(37.67% 0.0672 -0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(37.67% 0.133 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.6071, 4.7308, 19.5772)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A7C #587C2A

analogous

#2A2F7C #4E2A7C #772A7C

triadic

#4E2A7C #7C4E2A #2A7C4E

tetradic

#4E2A7C #7C2A2F #587C2A #2A7C77

square

#4E2A7C #7C2A2F #587C2A #2A7C77

split-complementary

#4E2A7C #7C772A #2F7C2A

monochromatic

#140B21 #311B4E #4E2A7C #6B39AA #8A59C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.79

#4E2A7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4E2A7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A7C

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A7C	1.00	10.79	1.95	10.79
#FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#063D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.133 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8366a2',
    500: '#4e2a7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a7c;
$custom-light: #8366a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.341,
    "s": 49.398,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37666,
    "c": 0.13345,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A7C

secondary

#86AD55

accent

#D94F9C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A7C

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

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