#4E2C7A#4E2C7A

#4E2C7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.128 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C7A
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 122)
HSL	hsl(266, 47%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 64%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 63.9%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.23, 32.94, -38.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.23, 50.92, 310.30°)
OKLab	oklab(37.82% 0.0648 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(37.82% 0.128 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.5546, 4.8262, 18.9421)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C7A #587A2C

analogous

#2C317A #4E2C7A #752C7A

triadic

#4E2C7A #7A4E2C #2C7A4E

tetradic

#4E2C7A #7A2C31 #587A2C #2C7A75

square

#4E2C7A #7A2C31 #587A2C #2C7A75

split-complementary

#4E2C7A #7A752C #317A2C

monochromatic

#140C20 #311C4D #4E2C7A #6B3CA7 #8A5CC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#4E2C7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4E2C7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C7A

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C7A	1.00	10.69	1.97	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#103E78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.128 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8367a1',
    500: '#4e2c7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c7a;
$custom-light: #8367a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.154,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37822,
    "c": 0.12788,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C7A

secondary

#86AA57

accent

#D7519C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C7A

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

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