#4E2D80#4E2D80

#4E2D80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.134 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D80
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 128)
HSL	hsl(264, 48%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 65%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 64.8%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.89, 34.03, -41.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.89, 53.71, 309.31°)
OKLab	oklab(38.44% 0.0632 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(38.44% 0.134 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9756, 5.0549, 20.9734)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D80 #5F802D

analogous

#2D3680 #4E2D80 #782D80

triadic

#4E2D80 #804E2D #2D804E

tetradic

#4E2D80 #802D36 #5F802D #2D8078

square

#4E2D80 #802D36 #5F802D #2D8078

split-complementary

#4E2D80 #80782D #36802D

monochromatic

#170D25 #321D53 #4E2D80 #6A3DAD #8960C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#4E2D80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4E2D80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D80

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D80	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004083

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043F7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.134 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468a5',
    500: '#4e2d80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d80;
$custom-light: #8468a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.855,
    "s": 47.977,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38439,
    "c": 0.13407,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D80

secondary

#8DAE5B

accent

#D850A2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D80

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

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