#4E2B7B#4E2B7B

#4E2B7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.131 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B7B
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 123)
HSL	hsl(266, 48%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 65%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 65%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.09, 33.79, -39.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.09, 52.13, 310.41°)
OKLab	oklab(37.74% 0.066 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(37.74% 0.131 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.5800, 4.7775, 19.2578)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B7B #587B2B

analogous

#2B307B #4E2B7B #762B7B

triadic

#4E2B7B #7B4E2B #2B7B4E

tetradic

#4E2B7B #7B2B30 #587B2B #2B7B76

square

#4E2B7B #7B2B30 #587B2B #2B7B76

split-complementary

#4E2B7B #7B762B #307B2B

monochromatic

#140B20 #311B4E #4E2B7B #6B3BA8 #8A5BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#4E2B7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4E2B7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B7B

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B7B	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C3D79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.131 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8366a2',
    500: '#4e2b7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b7b;
$custom-light: #8366a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 48.193,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37742,
    "c": 0.13068,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B7B

secondary

#86AB56

accent

#D8509C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B7B

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

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