#4E2E77#4E2E77

#4E2E77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.121 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E77
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 119)
HSL	hsl(266, 44%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 61%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 61.3%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.46, 30.93, -36.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.46, 47.89, 310.23°)
OKLab	oklab(37.92% 0.0623 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(37.92% 0.121 301)
XYZ	xyz(7.4479, 4.9056, 18.0037)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E77 #57772E

analogous

#2E3377 #4E2E77 #722E77

triadic

#4E2E77 #774E2E #2E774E

tetradic

#4E2E77 #772E33 #57772E #2E7772

square

#4E2E77 #772E33 #57772E #2E7772

split-complementary

#4E2E77 #77722E #33772E

monochromatic

#140C1F #311D4B #4E2E77 #6B3FA3 #8A5EC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#4E2E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4E2E77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E77

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E77	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#083E79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193E75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.121 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83689f',
    500: '#4e2e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e77;
$custom-light: #83689f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.301,
    "s": 44.242,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37922,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.04906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E77

secondary

#85A859

accent

#D4549C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E77

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

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