#4E2B81#4E2B81

#4E2B81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.138 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B81
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 129)
HSL	hsl(264, 50%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 67%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 66.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.54, 35.46, -42.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.54, 55.54, 309.67°)
OKLab	oklab(38.21% 0.0655 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(38.21% 0.138 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9672, 4.9323, 21.2969)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B81 #5E812B

analogous

#2B3381 #4E2B81 #792B81

triadic

#4E2B81 #814E2B #2B814E

tetradic

#4E2B81 #812B33 #5E812B #2B8179

square

#4E2B81 #812B33 #5E812B #2B8179

split-complementary

#4E2B81 #81792B #33812B

monochromatic

#160C25 #321C53 #4E2B81 #6A3AAF #895DC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.57

#4E2B81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4E2B81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B81

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B81	1.00	10.57	1.99	10.57
#FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.138 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467a6',
    500: '#4e2b81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b81;
$custom-light: #8467a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.419,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3821,
    "c": 0.13827,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B81

secondary

#8CAF59

accent

#DA4EA1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B81

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

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