#4E2E78#4E2E78

#4E2E78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.122 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E78
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 120)
HSL	hsl(266, 45%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 62%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 61.7%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.53, 31.20, -37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.53, 48.46, 310.08°)
OKLab	oklab(38% 0.0623 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(38% 0.122 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.5082, 4.9297, 18.3216)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E78 #58782E

analogous

#2E3378 #4E2E78 #732E78

triadic

#4E2E78 #784E2E #2E784E

tetradic

#4E2E78 #782E33 #58782E #2E7873

square

#4E2E78 #782E33 #58782E #2E7873

split-complementary

#4E2E78 #78732E #33782E

monochromatic

#140C20 #311D4C #4E2E78 #6B3FA4 #8A5FC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.57

#4E2E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4E2E78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E78

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E78	1.00	10.57	1.99	10.57
#FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#063E7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173E76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.122 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83689f',
    500: '#4e2e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e78;
$custom-light: #83689f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.946,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37995,
    "c": 0.12216,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E78

secondary

#86A85A

accent

#D4549D

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E78

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

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