#4E2D7C#4E2D7C

#4E2D7C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.129 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D7C
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 124)
HSL	hsl(265, 47%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 64%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 63.7%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.60, 32.91, -39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.60, 51.42, 309.79°)
OKLab	oklab(38.13% 0.0634 -0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(38.13% 0.129 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7175, 4.9516, 19.6140)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D7C #5B7C2D

analogous

#2D337C #4E2D7C #752D7C

triadic

#4E2D7C #7C4E2D #2D7C4E

tetradic

#4E2D7C #7C2D33 #5B7C2D #2D7C75

square

#4E2D7C #7C2D33 #5B7C2D #2D7C75

split-complementary

#4E2D7C #7C752D #337C2D

monochromatic

#160C22 #321D4F #4E2D7C #6A3DA9 #895FC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#4E2D7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4E2D7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D7C

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D7C	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F3E7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.129 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8368a2',
    500: '#4e2d7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d7c;
$custom-light: #8368a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.063,
    "s": 46.746,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38132,
    "c": 0.12892,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D7C

secondary

#89AB5A

accent

#D6519F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D7C

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

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