#4E2B77#4E2B77

#4E2B77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.126 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B77
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 119)
HSL	hsl(268, 47%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 64%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 63.9%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.80, 32.70, -37.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.80, 49.85, 310.99°)
OKLab	oklab(37.44% 0.0663 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(37.44% 0.126 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3348, 4.6793, 17.9660)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B77 #54772B

analogous

#2B2E77 #4E2B77 #742B77

triadic

#4E2B77 #774E2B #2B774E

tetradic

#4E2B77 #772B2E #54772B #2B7774

square

#4E2B77 #772B2E #54772B #2B7774

split-complementary

#4E2B77 #77742B #2E772B

monochromatic

#130B1D #311B4A #4E2B77 #6B3BA4 #8A59C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#4E2B77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4E2B77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B77

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B77	1.00	10.85	1.94	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#133D75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.126 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83669f',
    500: '#4e2b77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b77;
$custom-light: #83669f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.632,
    "s": 46.914,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37439,
    "c": 0.1256,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B77

secondary

#82A955

accent

#D75199

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B77

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

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