#4E2A7F#4E2A7F

#4E2A7F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.137 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A7F
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 127)
HSL	hsl(265, 50%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 67%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 66.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.18, 35.47, -42.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.18, 55.03, 310.13°)
OKLab	oklab(37.9% 0.0669 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(37.9% 0.137 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7997, 4.8079, 20.5916)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A7F #5B7F2A

analogous

#2A307F #4E2A7F #782A7F

triadic

#4E2A7F #7F4E2A #2A7F4E

tetradic

#4E2A7F #7F2A30 #5B7F2A #2A7F78

square

#4E2A7F #7F2A30 #5B7F2A #2A7F78

split-complementary

#4E2A7F #7F782A #307F2A

monochromatic

#160C23 #321B51 #4E2A7F #6A39AD #895BC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#4E2A7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4E2A7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A7F

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A7F	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.137 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8466a5',
    500: '#4e2a7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a7f;
$custom-light: #8466a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.412,
    "s": 50.296,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37901,
    "c": 0.13721,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A7F

secondary

#89AE57

accent

#DA4E9F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A7F

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

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