#4E2A84#4E2A84

#4E2A84 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.143 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A84
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 132)
HSL	hsl(264, 52%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 68.2%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.57, 36.86, -44.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.57, 57.85, 309.58°)
OKLab	oklab(38.3% 0.0664 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(38.3% 0.143 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1336, 4.9414, 22.3506)
Luminance	0.0494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A84 #60842A

analogous

#2A3384 #4E2A84 #7B2A84

triadic

#4E2A84 #844E2A #2A844E

tetradic

#4E2A84 #842A33 #60842A #2A847B

square

#4E2A84 #842A33 #60842A #2A847B

split-complementary

#4E2A84 #847B2A #33842A

monochromatic

#170C27 #331B56 #4E2A84 #6939B2 #895DCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.56

#4E2A84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4E2A84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A84

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A84	1.00	10.56	1.99	10.56
#FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.143 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8466a8',
    500: '#4e2a84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a84;
$custom-light: #8466a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38303,
    "c": 0.14343,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A84

secondary

#8EB159

accent

#DB4DA2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A84

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

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