#4E2D79#4E2D79

#4E2D79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.125 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D79
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 121)
HSL	hsl(266, 46%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 63%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 62.8%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.38, 32.07, -37.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.38, 49.70, 310.19°)
OKLab	oklab(37.91% 0.0636 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(37.91% 0.125 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.5306, 4.8769, 18.6300)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D79 #58792D

analogous

#2D3279 #4E2D79 #742D79

triadic

#4E2D79 #794E2D #2D794E

tetradic

#4E2D79 #792D32 #58792D #2D7974

square

#4E2D79 #792D32 #58792D #2D7974

split-complementary

#4E2D79 #79742D #32792D

monochromatic

#140C20 #311C4C #4E2D79 #6B3EA6 #8A5DC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#4E2D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4E2D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D79

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D79	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#143E77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.125 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8368a0',
    500: '#4e2d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d79;
$custom-light: #8368a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.053,
    "s": 45.783,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37907,
    "c": 0.12504,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D79

secondary

#86A958

accent

#D5529D

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D79

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

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