#4E2B86#4E2B86

#4E2B86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.145 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B86
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 134)
HSL	hsl(263, 51%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 68%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 67.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.93, 36.86, -45.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.93, 58.36, 309.16°)
OKLab	oklab(38.61% 0.065 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(38.61% 0.145 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3077, 5.0685, 23.0903)
Luminance	0.0507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.90

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B86 #63862B

analogous

#2B3686 #4E2B86 #7C2B86

triadic

#4E2B86 #864E2B #2B864E

tetradic

#4E2B86 #862B36 #63862B #2B867C

square

#4E2B86 #862B36 #63862B #2B867C

split-complementary

#4E2B86 #867C2B #36862B

monochromatic

#180D29 #331C58 #4E2B86 #693AB4 #8960CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.43

#4E2B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4E2B86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B86

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B86	1.00	10.43	2.01	10.43
#FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.145 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467aa',
    500: '#4e2b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b86;
$custom-light: #8467aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 51.412,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38613,
    "c": 0.14453,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B86

secondary

#90B25B

accent

#DB4DA4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B86

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