#4E2C81#4E2C81

#4E2C81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.137 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C81
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 129)
HSL	hsl(264, 49%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 66%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 65.9%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.75, 34.89, -42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.75, 54.91, 309.44°)
OKLab	oklab(38.36% 0.0643 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(38.36% 0.137 298)
XYZ	xyz(8.0040, 5.0059, 21.3092)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C81 #5F812C

analogous

#2C3581 #4E2C81 #792C81

triadic

#4E2C81 #814E2C #2C814E

tetradic

#4E2C81 #812C35 #5F812C #2C8179

square

#4E2C81 #812C35 #5F812C #2C8179

split-complementary

#4E2C81 #81792C #35812C

monochromatic

#170D26 #321C53 #4E2C81 #6A3CAF #895FC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#4E2C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4E2C81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C81

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C81	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.137 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467a6',
    500: '#4e2c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c81;
$custom-light: #8467a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 49.133,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38363,
    "c": 0.13681,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.05006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C81

secondary

#8DAF5A

accent

#D94FA2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C81

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

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