#4E2C78#4E2C78

#4E2C78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.125 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C78
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 120)
HSL	hsl(267, 46%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 63%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 63.3%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.09, 32.39, -37.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.09, 49.77, 310.59°)
OKLab	oklab(37.67% 0.0649 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(37.67% 0.125 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4319, 4.7771, 18.2962)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C78 #56782C

analogous

#2C3078 #4E2C78 #742C78

triadic

#4E2C78 #784E2C #2C784E

tetradic

#4E2C78 #782C30 #56782C #2C7874

square

#4E2C78 #782C30 #56782C #2C7874

split-complementary

#4E2C78 #78742C #30782C

monochromatic

#140B1E #311C4B #4E2C78 #6B3CA5 #8A5BC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#4E2C78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4E2C78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C78

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C78	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#143D76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.125 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83679f',
    500: '#4e2c78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c78;
$custom-light: #83679f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.842,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37672,
    "c": 0.12533,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C78

secondary

#84A957

accent

#D6529B

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C78

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

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