#4E2B7E#4E2B7E

#4E2B7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.134 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B7E
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 126)
HSL	hsl(265, 49%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 66%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 65.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.31, 34.62, -41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.31, 53.84, 310.02°)
OKLab	oklab(37.97% 0.0658 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(37.97% 0.134 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7707, 4.8537, 20.2621)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B7E #5B7E2B

analogous

#2B327E #4E2B7E #772B7E

triadic

#4E2B7E #7E4E2B #2B7E4E

tetradic

#4E2B7E #7E2B32 #5B7E2B #2B7E77

square

#4E2B7E #7E2B32 #5B7E2B #2B7E77

split-complementary

#4E2B7E #7E772B #327E2B

monochromatic

#160C23 #321B50 #4E2B7E #6A3BAC #895CC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#4E2B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4E2B7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B7E

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B7E	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043E7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.134 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8466a4',
    500: '#4e2b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b7e;
$custom-light: #8466a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.301,
    "s": 49.112,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37974,
    "c": 0.13448,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B7E

secondary

#89AD58

accent

#D94F9F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B7E

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

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