#4E2B7A#4E2B7A

#4E2B7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.129 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B7A
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 122)
HSL	hsl(267, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 65%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 64.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.02, 33.52, -39.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.02, 51.56, 310.55°)
OKLab	oklab(37.67% 0.0661 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(37.67% 0.129 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5178, 4.7525, 18.9298)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B7A #577A2B

analogous

#2B307A #4E2B7A #762B7A

triadic

#4E2B7A #7A4E2B #2B7A4E

tetradic

#4E2B7A #7A2B30 #577A2B #2B7A76

square

#4E2B7A #7A2B30 #577A2B #2B7A76

split-complementary

#4E2B7A #7A762B #307A2B

monochromatic

#140B1F #311B4D #4E2B7A #6B3BA7 #8A5AC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#4E2B7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4E2B7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B7A

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B7A	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E3D78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.129 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8366a1',
    500: '#4e2b7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b7a;
$custom-light: #8366a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.582,
    "s": 47.879,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37666,
    "c": 0.12942,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B7A

secondary

#85AB56

accent

#D7509C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B7A

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

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