#4E2E80#4E2E80

#4E2E80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.133 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E80
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 128)
HSL	hsl(263, 47%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 64%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 64.1%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.11, 33.44, -41.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.11, 53.07, 309.06°)
OKLab	oklab(38.6% 0.0619 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(38.6% 0.133 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0142, 5.1321, 20.9863)
Luminance	0.0513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E80 #60802E

analogous

#2E3780 #4E2E80 #772E80

triadic

#4E2E80 #804E2E #2E804E

tetradic

#4E2E80 #802E37 #60802E #2E8077

square

#4E2E80 #802E37 #60802E #2E8077

split-complementary

#4E2E80 #80772E #37802E

monochromatic

#170E26 #331E53 #4E2E80 #693EAD #8962C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#4E2E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4E2E80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E80

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E80	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004083

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#083F7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.133 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468a5',
    500: '#4e2e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e80;
$custom-light: #8468a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.415,
    "s": 47.126,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38597,
    "c": 0.13257,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E80

secondary

#8EAD5D

accent

#D751A3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E80

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

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