#4E2D78#4E2D78

#4E2D78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.124 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D78
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 120)
HSL	hsl(266, 45%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 63%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 62.5%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.31, 31.80, -37.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.31, 49.12, 310.34°)
OKLab	oklab(37.83% 0.0636 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(37.83% 0.124 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4696, 4.8525, 18.3088)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D78 #57782D

analogous

#2D3178 #4E2D78 #742D78

triadic

#4E2D78 #784E2D #2D784E

tetradic

#4E2D78 #782D31 #57782D #2D7874

square

#4E2D78 #782D31 #57782D #2D7874

split-complementary

#4E2D78 #78742D #31782D

monochromatic

#140C1F #311C4B #4E2D78 #6B3EA5 #8A5DC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#4E2D78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4E2D78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D78

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D78	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#023E7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#153E76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.124 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83689f',
    500: '#4e2d78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d78;
$custom-light: #83689f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.4,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37833,
    "c": 0.12375,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D78

secondary

#85A958

accent

#D5539C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D78

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

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