#4E2B7C#4E2B7C

#4E2B7C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.132 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B7C
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 124)
HSL	hsl(266, 49%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 65%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 65.3%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.16, 34.07, -40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.16, 52.70, 310.28°)
OKLab	oklab(37.82% 0.066 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(37.82% 0.132 300)
XYZ	xyz(7.6430, 4.8026, 19.5892)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B7C #597C2B

analogous

#2B307C #4E2B7C #762B7C

triadic

#4E2B7C #7C4E2B #2B7C4E

tetradic

#4E2B7C #7C2B30 #597C2B #2B7C76

square

#4E2B7C #7C2B30 #597C2B #2B7C76

split-complementary

#4E2B7C #7C762B #307C2B

monochromatic

#150B21 #311B4F #4E2B7C #6B3BA9 #895BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#4E2B7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4E2B7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B7C

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B7C	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.132 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8366a2',
    500: '#4e2b7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b7c;
$custom-light: #8366a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.926,
    "s": 48.503,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37819,
    "c": 0.13195,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.04803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B7C

secondary

#87AC57

accent

#D8509D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B7C

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

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