#4E2C80#4E2C80

#4E2C80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.136 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C80
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 128)
HSL	hsl(264, 49%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 66%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 65.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.68, 34.60, -41.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.68, 54.34, 309.55°)
OKLab	oklab(38.28% 0.0644 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(38.28% 0.136 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9379, 4.9795, 20.9608)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C80 #5E802C

analogous

#2C3480 #4E2C80 #782C80

triadic

#4E2C80 #804E2C #2C804E

tetradic

#4E2C80 #802C34 #5E802C #2C8078

square

#4E2C80 #802C34 #5E802C #2C8078

split-complementary

#4E2C80 #80782C #34802C

monochromatic

#160D25 #321C52 #4E2C80 #6A3CAE #895FC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.52

#4E2C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4E2C80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C80

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C80	1.00	10.52	2.00	10.52
#FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013E7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.136 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467a5',
    500: '#4e2c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c80;
$custom-light: #8467a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.286,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38284,
    "c": 0.13554,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C80

secondary

#8CAE5A

accent

#D84FA1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C80

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

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