#4E2C79#4E2C79

#4E2C79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.127 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C79
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 121)
HSL	hsl(266, 47%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 64%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 63.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.16, 32.66, -38.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.16, 50.35, 310.45°)
OKLab	oklab(37.75% 0.0649 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(37.75% 0.127 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4929, 4.8015, 18.6175)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C79 #57792C

analogous

#2C3079 #4E2C79 #752C79

triadic

#4E2C79 #794E2C #2C794E

tetradic

#4E2C79 #792C30 #57792C #2C7975

square

#4E2C79 #792C30 #57792C #2C7975

split-complementary

#4E2C79 #79752C #30792C

monochromatic

#140B1F #311C4C #4E2C79 #6B3CA6 #8A5CC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#4E2C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4E2C79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C79

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C79	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#123D77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.127 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8367a0',
    500: '#4e2c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c79;
$custom-light: #8367a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.494,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37747,
    "c": 0.1266,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C79

secondary

#85AA57

accent

#D6519C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C79

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

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