#4E2A7E#4E2A7E

#4E2A7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.136 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A7E
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 126)
HSL	hsl(266, 50%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 67%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 66.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.10, 35.19, -41.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.10, 54.46, 310.25°)
OKLab	oklab(37.82% 0.067 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(37.82% 0.136 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7348, 4.7819, 20.2501)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A7E #5A7E2A

analogous

#2A307E #4E2A7E #782A7E

triadic

#4E2A7E #7E4E2A #2A7E4E

tetradic

#4E2A7E #7E2A30 #5A7E2A #2A7E78

square

#4E2A7E #7E2A30 #5A7E2A #2A7E78

split-complementary

#4E2A7E #7E782A #307E2A

monochromatic

#150B22 #321B50 #4E2A7E #6A39AC #895AC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#4E2A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4E2A7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A7E

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A7E	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.136 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8466a4',
    500: '#4e2a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a7e;
$custom-light: #8466a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37823,
    "c": 0.13596,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A7E

secondary

#88AE56

accent

#DA4E9E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A7E

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

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