#4E2D81#4E2D81

#4E2D81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.135 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D81
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 129)
HSL	hsl(264, 48%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 65%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 65.1%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.97, 34.31, -42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.97, 54.28, 309.20°)
OKLab	oklab(38.52% 0.0631 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(38.52% 0.135 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0417, 5.0813, 21.3217)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D81 #60812D

analogous

#2D3681 #4E2D81 #782D81

triadic

#4E2D81 #814E2D #2D814E

tetradic

#4E2D81 #812D36 #60812D #2D8178

square

#4E2D81 #812D36 #60812D #2D8178

split-complementary

#4E2D81 #81782D #36812D

monochromatic

#170D26 #331D54 #4E2D81 #693DAE #8961C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.42

#4E2D81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4E2D81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D81

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D81	1.00	10.42	2.02	10.42
#FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004084

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023F7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.135 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468a6',
    500: '#4e2d81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d81;
$custom-light: #8468a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.571,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38517,
    "c": 0.13535,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D81

secondary

#8EAE5C

accent

#D850A2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D81

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

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