#4E2A82#4E2A82

#4E2A82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.141 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A82
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 130)
HSL	hsl(265, 51%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 68%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 67.7%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.41, 36.30, -43.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.41, 56.72, 309.79°)
OKLab	oklab(38.14% 0.0666 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(38.14% 0.141 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9981, 4.8872, 21.6367)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A82 #5E822A

analogous

#2A3282 #4E2A82 #7A2A82

triadic

#4E2A82 #824E2A #2A824E

tetradic

#4E2A82 #822A32 #5E822A #2A827A

square

#4E2A82 #822A32 #5E822A #2A827A

split-complementary

#4E2A82 #827A2A #32822A

monochromatic

#160C25 #321B54 #4E2A82 #6A39B0 #895CCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#4E2A82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4E2A82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A82

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A82	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.141 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8466a7',
    500: '#4e2a82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a82;
$custom-light: #8466a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.545,
    "s": 51.163,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38141,
    "c": 0.14095,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A82

secondary

#8CB058

accent

#DB4DA1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A82

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

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