#4E2E79#4E2E79

#4E2E79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.123 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E79
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 121)
HSL	hsl(266, 45%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 62%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 62%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.60, 31.48, -37.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.60, 49.04, 309.94°)
OKLab	oklab(38.07% 0.0622 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(38.07% 0.123 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.5692, 4.9541, 18.6429)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E79 #59792E

analogous

#2E3379 #4E2E79 #732E79

triadic

#4E2E79 #794E2E #2E794E

tetradic

#4E2E79 #792E33 #59792E #2E7973

square

#4E2E79 #792E33 #59792E #2E7973

split-complementary

#4E2E79 #79732E #33792E

monochromatic

#150C20 #311D4D #4E2E79 #6B3FA5 #895FC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#4E2E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4E2E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E79

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E79	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#043F7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163E77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.123 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8368a0',
    500: '#4e2e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e79;
$custom-light: #8368a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.6,
    "s": 44.91,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38069,
    "c": 0.12347,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E79

secondary

#87A95A

accent

#D5539D

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E79

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

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