#4E2B76#4E2B76

#4E2B76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.124 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B76
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 118)
HSL	hsl(268, 47%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 64%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 63.6%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.73, 32.42, -37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.73, 49.28, 311.15°)
OKLab	oklab(37.36% 0.0663 -0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(37.36% 0.124 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2750, 4.6554, 17.6513)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B76 #53762B

analogous

#2B2E76 #4E2B76 #742B76

triadic

#4E2B76 #764E2B #2B764E

tetradic

#4E2B76 #762B2E #53762B #2B7674

square

#4E2B76 #762B2E #53762B #2B7674

split-complementary

#4E2B76 #76742B #2E762B

monochromatic

#130A1C #301B49 #4E2B76 #6C3BA3 #8A59C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.88

#4E2B76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4E2B76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B76

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B76	1.00	10.88	1.93	10.88
#FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#153D74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.124 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83669e',
    500: '#4e2b76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b76;
$custom-light: #83669e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 46.584,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37364,
    "c": 0.12433,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B76

secondary

#81A855

accent

#D65298

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B76

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

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