#4E2B82#4E2B82

#4E2B82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.140 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B82
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 130)
HSL	hsl(264, 50%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 67%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 66.9%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.62, 35.74, -43.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.62, 56.11, 309.56°)
OKLab	oklab(38.29% 0.0654 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(38.29% 0.14 298)
XYZ	xyz(8.0340, 4.9590, 21.6487)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B82 #5F822B

analogous

#2B3482 #4E2B82 #7A2B82

triadic

#4E2B82 #824E2B #2B824E

tetradic

#4E2B82 #822B34 #5F822B #2B827A

square

#4E2B82 #822B34 #5F822B #2B827A

split-complementary

#4E2B82 #827A2B #34822B

monochromatic

#170D26 #321C54 #4E2B82 #6A3AB0 #895ECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.54

#4E2B82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4E2B82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B82

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B82	1.00	10.54	1.99	10.54
#FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.140 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467a7',
    500: '#4e2b82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b82;
$custom-light: #8467a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.138,
    "s": 50.289,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3829,
    "c": 0.13952,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.04959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B82

secondary

#8DB059

accent

#DA4EA2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B82

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

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