#4E2A85#4E2A85

#4E2A85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.145 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A85
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 133)
HSL	hsl(264, 52%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 68.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.65, 37.14, -45.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.65, 58.41, 309.48°)
OKLab	oklab(38.38% 0.0662 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(38.38% 0.145 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.2024, 4.9689, 22.7127)
Luminance	0.0497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.61

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A85 #61852A

analogous

#2A3485 #4E2A85 #7C2A85

triadic

#4E2A85 #854E2A #2A854E

tetradic

#4E2A85 #852A34 #61852A #2A857C

square

#4E2A85 #852A34 #61852A #2A857C

split-complementary

#4E2A85 #857C2A #34852A

monochromatic

#170D28 #331B56 #4E2A85 #6939B4 #895DCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.53

#4E2A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4E2A85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A85

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A85	1.00	10.53	1.99	10.53
#FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.145 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8466a9',
    500: '#4e2a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a85;
$custom-light: #8466a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.736,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38384,
    "c": 0.14467,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A85

secondary

#8FB259

accent

#DB4CA3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A85

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

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