#4E2B80#4E2B80

#4E2B80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.137 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B80
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 128)
HSL	hsl(265, 50%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 66%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 66.4%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.46, 35.18, -42.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.46, 54.97, 309.79°)
OKLab	oklab(38.13% 0.0656 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(38.13% 0.137 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9011, 4.9059, 20.9485)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B80 #5D802B

analogous

#2B3280 #4E2B80 #782B80

triadic

#4E2B80 #804E2B #2B804E

tetradic

#4E2B80 #802B32 #5D802B #2B8078

square

#4E2B80 #802B32 #5D802B #2B8078

split-complementary

#4E2B80 #80782B #32802B

monochromatic

#160C24 #321C52 #4E2B80 #6A3AAE #895DC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#4E2B80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4E2B80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B80

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B80	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.137 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8466a5',
    500: '#4e2b80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b80;
$custom-light: #8466a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 49.708,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38131,
    "c": 0.13701,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B80

secondary

#8BAE58

accent

#D94FA0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B80

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

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