#4E2B84#4E2B84

#4E2B84 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.142 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B84
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 132)
HSL	hsl(264, 51%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 67%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 67.4%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.77, 36.29, -44.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.77, 57.23, 309.36°)
OKLab	oklab(38.45% 0.0652 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(38.45% 0.142 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1695, 5.0133, 22.3626)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B84 #61842B

analogous

#2B3484 #4E2B84 #7B2B84

triadic

#4E2B84 #844E2B #2B844E

tetradic

#4E2B84 #842B34 #61842B #2B847B

square

#4E2B84 #842B34 #61842B #2B847B

split-complementary

#4E2B84 #847B2B #34842B

monochromatic

#170D28 #331C56 #4E2B84 #693AB2 #895FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#4E2B84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4E2B84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B84

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B84	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.142 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467a8',
    500: '#4e2b84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b84;
$custom-light: #8467a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.596,
    "s": 50.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3845,
    "c": 0.14203,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B84

secondary

#8FB15A

accent

#DA4DA3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B84

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

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