#4E2C7F#4E2C7F

#4E2C7F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.134 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C7F
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 127)
HSL	hsl(265, 49%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 65%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 65.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.60, 34.33, -41.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.60, 53.77, 309.67°)
OKLab	oklab(38.21% 0.0645 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(38.21% 0.134 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8724, 4.9533, 20.6159)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C7F #5D7F2C

analogous

#2C337F #4E2C7F #772C7F

triadic

#4E2C7F #7F4E2C #2C7F4E

tetradic

#4E2C7F #7F2C33 #5D7F2C #2C7F77

square

#4E2C7F #7F2C33 #5D7F2C #2C7F77

split-complementary

#4E2C7F #7F772C #337F2C

monochromatic

#160D24 #321C52 #4E2C7F #6A3CAC #895EC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#4E2C7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4E2C7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C7F

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C7F	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043E7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.134 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467a5',
    500: '#4e2c7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c7f;
$custom-light: #8467a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.578,
    "s": 48.538,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38206,
    "c": 0.13427,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C7F

secondary

#8BAD59

accent

#D850A0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C7F

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

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