#4E2A86#4E2A86

#4E2A86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.146 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A86
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 134)
HSL	hsl(263, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 69%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 68.7%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.73, 37.42, -45.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.73, 58.97, 309.38°)
OKLab	oklab(38.47% 0.0661 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(38.47% 0.146 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2718, 4.9967, 23.0783)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.69

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A86 #62862A

analogous

#2A3486 #4E2A86 #7C2A86

triadic

#4E2A86 #864E2A #2A864E

tetradic

#4E2A86 #862A34 #62862A #2A867C

square

#4E2A86 #862A34 #62862A #2A867C

split-complementary

#4E2A86 #867C2A #34862A

monochromatic

#180D29 #331B57 #4E2A86 #6939B5 #895ECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.50

#4E2A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4E2A86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A86

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A86	1.00	10.50	2.00	10.50
#FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.146 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8466aa',
    500: '#4e2a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a86;
$custom-light: #8466aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.478,
    "s": 52.273,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38466,
    "c": 0.14591,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A86

secondary

#90B25A

accent

#DC4CA4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A86

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

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