#4E2C83#4E2C83

#4E2C83 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.139 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C83
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 131)
HSL	hsl(263, 50%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 66%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 66.4%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.90, 35.45, -43.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.90, 56.05, 309.23°)
OKLab	oklab(38.52% 0.0641 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(38.52% 0.139 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1383, 5.0596, 22.0162)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C83 #61832C

analogous

#2C3683 #4E2C83 #7A2C83

triadic

#4E2C83 #834E2C #2C834E

tetradic

#4E2C83 #832C36 #61832C #2C837A

square

#4E2C83 #832C36 #61832C #2C837A

split-complementary

#4E2C83 #837A2C #36832C

monochromatic

#170D27 #331D55 #4E2C83 #693BB1 #8960CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#4E2C83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4E2C83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C83

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C83	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004086

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.139 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467a8',
    500: '#4e2c83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c83;
$custom-light: #8467a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.448,
    "s": 49.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38521,
    "c": 0.13935,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C83

secondary

#8FB05B

accent

#D94FA3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C83

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

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