#4E2A7D#4E2A7D

#4E2A7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.135 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A7D
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 125)
HSL	hsl(266, 50%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 66%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 66.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.03, 34.92, -41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.03, 53.90, 310.38°)
OKLab	oklab(37.74% 0.0671 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(37.74% 0.135 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.6706, 4.7562, 19.9120)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A7D #597D2A

analogous

#2A2F7D #4E2A7D #772A7D

triadic

#4E2A7D #7D4E2A #2A7D4E

tetradic

#4E2A7D #7D2A2F #597D2A #2A7D77

square

#4E2A7D #7D2A2F #597D2A #2A7D77

split-complementary

#4E2A7D #7D772A #2F7D2A

monochromatic

#150B21 #311B4F #4E2A7D #6B39AB #895AC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#4E2A7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4E2A7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A7D

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A7D	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043D7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.135 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8366a3',
    500: '#4e2a7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a7d;
$custom-light: #8366a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.024,
    "s": 49.701,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37744,
    "c": 0.1347,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A7D

secondary

#87AD56

accent

#D94F9D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A7D

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

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