#4E2D85#4E2D85

#4E2D85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.140 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D85
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 133)
HSL	hsl(263, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 66%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 66.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.27, 35.44, -44.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.27, 56.56, 308.80°)
OKLab	oklab(38.83% 0.0627 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(38.83% 0.14 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3128, 5.1898, 22.7495)
Luminance	0.0519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.29

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D85 #64852D

analogous

#2D3885 #4E2D85 #7A2D85

triadic

#4E2D85 #854E2D #2D854E

tetradic

#4E2D85 #852D38 #64852D #2D857A

square

#4E2D85 #852D38 #64852D #2D857A

split-complementary

#4E2D85 #857A2D #38852D

monochromatic

#180E2A #331E57 #4E2D85 #693CB3 #8962CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.30

#4E2D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4E2D85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D85

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D85	1.00	10.30	2.04	10.30
#FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.140 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468a9',
    500: '#4e2d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d85;
$custom-light: #8468a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 49.438,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38833,
    "c": 0.14045,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D85

secondary

#91B05D

accent

#D94FA5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D85

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

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