#4E2A80#4E2A80

#4E2A80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.138 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A80
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 128)
HSL	hsl(265, 51%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 67%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 67.2%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.26, 35.74, -42.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.26, 55.60, 310.01°)
OKLab	oklab(37.98% 0.0668 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(37.98% 0.138 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8652, 4.8340, 20.9366)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A80 #5C802A

analogous

#2A3180 #4E2A80 #792A80

triadic

#4E2A80 #804E2A #2A804E

tetradic

#4E2A80 #802A31 #5C802A #2A8079

square

#4E2A80 #802A31 #5C802A #2A8079

split-complementary

#4E2A80 #80792A #31802A

monochromatic

#160C24 #321B52 #4E2A80 #6A39AE #895BC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#4E2A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4E2A80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A80

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A80	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.138 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8466a5',
    500: '#4e2a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a80;
$custom-light: #8466a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.116,
    "s": 50.588,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37981,
    "c": 0.13846,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A80

secondary

#8AAF57

accent

#DA4E9F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A80

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

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