#4E2C86#4E2C86

#4E2C86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.143 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C86
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 134)
HSL	hsl(263, 51%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 67%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 67.2%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.14, 36.29, -44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.14, 57.75, 308.94°)
OKLab	oklab(38.76% 0.0638 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(38.76% 0.143 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3445, 5.1421, 23.1025)
Luminance	0.0514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.12

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C86 #64862C

analogous

#2C3786 #4E2C86 #7B2C86

triadic

#4E2C86 #864E2C #2C864E

tetradic

#4E2C86 #862C37 #64862C #2C867B

square

#4E2C86 #862C37 #64862C #2C867B

split-complementary

#4E2C86 #867B2C #37862C

monochromatic

#180E2A #331D58 #4E2C86 #693BB4 #8961CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#4E2C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4E2C86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C86

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C86	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.143 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467aa',
    500: '#4e2c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c86;
$custom-light: #8467aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.667,
    "s": 50.562,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38761,
    "c": 0.14314,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C86

secondary

#91B15C

accent

#DA4EA5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C86

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