#4E2A81#4E2A81

#4E2A81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.140 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A81
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 129)
HSL	hsl(265, 51%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 67%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 67.4%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.33, 36.02, -43.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.33, 56.16, 309.90°)
OKLab	oklab(38.06% 0.0667 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(38.06% 0.14 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9313, 4.8605, 21.2849)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A81 #5D812A

analogous

#2A3181 #4E2A81 #792A81

triadic

#4E2A81 #814E2A #2A814E

tetradic

#4E2A81 #812A31 #5D812A #2A8179

square

#4E2A81 #812A31 #5D812A #2A8179

split-complementary

#4E2A81 #81792A #31812A

monochromatic

#160C25 #321B53 #4E2A81 #6A39AF #895CCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#4E2A81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4E2A81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A81

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A81	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.140 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8466a6',
    500: '#4e2a81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a81;
$custom-light: #8466a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.828,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38061,
    "c": 0.1397,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A81

secondary

#8BAF57

accent

#DA4DA0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A81

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

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