#4E2B79#4E2B79

#4E2B79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.128 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B79
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 121)
HSL	hsl(267, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 64%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 64.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.95, 33.24, -38.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.95, 50.99, 310.69°)
OKLab	oklab(37.59% 0.0662 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(37.59% 0.128 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.4561, 4.7279, 18.6052)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B79 #56792B

analogous

#2B2F79 #4E2B79 #752B79

triadic

#4E2B79 #794E2B #2B794E

tetradic

#4E2B79 #792B2F #56792B #2B7975

square

#4E2B79 #792B2F #56792B #2B7975

split-complementary

#4E2B79 #79752B #2F792B

monochromatic

#140B1F #311B4C #4E2B79 #6B3BA6 #8A5AC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.79

#4E2B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4E2B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B79

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B79	1.00	10.79	1.95	10.79
#FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#103D77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.128 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8366a0',
    500: '#4e2b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b79;
$custom-light: #8366a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.923,
    "s": 47.561,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3759,
    "c": 0.12815,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B79

secondary

#84AA56

accent

#D7519B

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B79

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

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