#4E2D77#4E2D77

#4E2D77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.122 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D77
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 119)
HSL	hsl(267, 45%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 62%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 62.2%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.24, 31.52, -36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.24, 48.55, 310.49°)
OKLab	oklab(37.76% 0.0636 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(37.76% 0.122 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4093, 4.8284, 17.9908)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D77 #56772D

analogous

#2D3177 #4E2D77 #732D77

triadic

#4E2D77 #774E2D #2D774E

tetradic

#4E2D77 #772D31 #56772D #2D7773

square

#4E2D77 #772D31 #56772D #2D7773

split-complementary

#4E2D77 #77732D #31772D

monochromatic

#140B1E #311C4B #4E2D77 #6B3EA3 #8A5DC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#4E2D77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4E2D77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D77

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D77	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#053E79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173E75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.122 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83679f',
    500: '#4e2d77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d77;
$custom-light: #83679f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.757,
    "s": 45.122,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37759,
    "c": 0.12245,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D77

secondary

#84A858

accent

#D5539B

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D77

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

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