#4E2C85#4E2C85

#4E2C85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.142 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C85
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 133)
HSL	hsl(263, 50%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 67%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 66.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.06, 36.01, -44.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.06, 57.18, 309.03°)
OKLab	oklab(38.68% 0.0639 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(38.68% 0.142 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2751, 5.1144, 22.7369)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.06

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C85 #63852C

analogous

#2C3785 #4E2C85 #7A2C85

triadic

#4E2C85 #854E2C #2C854E

tetradic

#4E2C85 #852C37 #63852C #2C857A

square

#4E2C85 #852C37 #63852C #2C857A

split-complementary

#4E2C85 #857A2C #37852C

monochromatic

#180E29 #331D57 #4E2C85 #693BB3 #8961CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#4E2C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4E2C85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C85

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C85	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404154

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.142 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467a9',
    500: '#4e2c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c85;
$custom-light: #8467a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.921,
    "s": 50.282,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38681,
    "c": 0.14187,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C85

secondary

#90B15C

accent

#DA4EA4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C85

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

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