#4E2B7F#4E2B7F

#4E2B7F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.136 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B7F
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 127)
HSL	hsl(265, 49%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 66%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 66.1%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.39, 34.90, -41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.39, 54.41, 309.90°)
OKLab	oklab(38.05% 0.0657 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(38.05% 0.136 299)
XYZ	xyz(7.8356, 4.8797, 20.6036)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B7F #5C7F2B

analogous

#2B327F #4E2B7F #782B7F

triadic

#4E2B7F #7F4E2B #2B7F4E

tetradic

#4E2B7F #7F2B32 #5C7F2B #2B7F78

square

#4E2B7F #7F2B32 #5C7F2B #2B7F78

split-complementary

#4E2B7F #7F782B #327F2B

monochromatic

#160C24 #321C51 #4E2B7F #6A3AAD #895CC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#4E2B7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4E2B7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B7F

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B7F	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013E7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.136 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8466a5',
    500: '#4e2b7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b7f;
$custom-light: #8466a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 49.412,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38052,
    "c": 0.13575,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.0488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B7F

secondary

#8AAE58

accent

#D94F9F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B7F

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

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