#4E2B83#4E2B83

#4E2B83 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.141 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B83
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 131)
HSL	hsl(264, 51%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 67%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 67.2%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.69, 36.02, -43.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.69, 56.67, 309.46°)
OKLab	oklab(38.37% 0.0653 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(38.37% 0.141 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1014, 4.9860, 22.0039)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B83 #60832B

analogous

#2B3483 #4E2B83 #7A2B83

triadic

#4E2B83 #834E2B #2B834E

tetradic

#4E2B83 #832B34 #60832B #2B837A

square

#4E2B83 #832B34 #60832B #2B837A

split-complementary

#4E2B83 #837A2B #34832B

monochromatic

#170D27 #331C55 #4E2B83 #693AB1 #895ECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#4E2B83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4E2B83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B83

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B83	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.141 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467a8',
    500: '#4e2b83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b83;
$custom-light: #8467a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.864,
    "s": 50.575,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3837,
    "c": 0.14078,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B83

secondary

#8EB05A

accent

#DA4EA2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B83

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

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