#4E2E81#4E2E81

#4E2E81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.134 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E81
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 129)
HSL	hsl(263, 47%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 64%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 64.3%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.18, 33.73, -41.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.18, 53.64, 308.96°)
OKLab	oklab(38.67% 0.0619 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(38.67% 0.134 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0803, 5.1585, 21.3346)
Luminance	0.0516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E81 #61812E

analogous

#2E3781 #4E2E81 #782E81

triadic

#4E2E81 #814E2E #2E814E

tetradic

#4E2E81 #812E37 #61812E #2E8178

square

#4E2E81 #812E37 #61812E #2E8178

split-complementary

#4E2E81 #81782E #37812E

monochromatic

#170E27 #331E54 #4E2E81 #693EAE #8962C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.34

#4E2E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4E2E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E81

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E81	1.00	10.34	2.03	10.34
#FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004084

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#053F7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.134 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468a6',
    500: '#4e2e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e81;
$custom-light: #8468a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.133,
    "s": 47.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38674,
    "c": 0.13386,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E81

secondary

#8FAE5D

accent

#D751A3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E81

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

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