#4E2B78#4E2B78

#4E2B78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.127 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B78
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 120)
HSL	hsl(267, 47%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 64%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 64.2%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.87, 32.97, -38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.87, 50.42, 310.84°)
OKLab	oklab(37.51% 0.0662 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(37.51% 0.127 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3951, 4.7035, 18.2839)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B78 #55782B

analogous

#2B2F78 #4E2B78 #752B78

triadic

#4E2B78 #784E2B #2B784E

tetradic

#4E2B78 #782B2F #55782B #2B7875

square

#4E2B78 #782B2F #55782B #2B7875

split-complementary

#4E2B78 #78752B #2F782B

monochromatic

#130B1E #311B4B #4E2B78 #6B3BA5 #8A5AC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.82

#4E2B78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4E2B78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B78

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B78	1.00	10.82	1.94	10.82
#FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#123D76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.127 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83669f',
    500: '#4e2b78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b78;
$custom-light: #83669f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 47.239,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37514,
    "c": 0.12688,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B78

secondary

#83AA55

accent

#D7519A

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B78

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

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