#4E2E82#4E2E82

#4E2E82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.135 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E82
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 130)
HSL	hsl(263, 48%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 65%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 64.6%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.26, 34.01, -42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.26, 54.21, 308.85°)
OKLab	oklab(38.75% 0.0618 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(38.75% 0.135 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.1471, 5.1853, 21.6864)
Luminance	0.0519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E82 #62822E

analogous

#2E3882 #4E2E82 #782E82

triadic

#4E2E82 #824E2E #2E824E

tetradic

#4E2E82 #822E38 #62822E #2E8278

square

#4E2E82 #822E38 #62822E #2E8278

split-complementary

#4E2E82 #82782E #38822E

monochromatic

#180E28 #331E55 #4E2E82 #693EAF #8963C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#4E2E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4E2E82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E82

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E82	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004185

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023F80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414153

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.135 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468a7',
    500: '#4e2e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e82;
$custom-light: #8468a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 47.727,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38752,
    "c": 0.13515,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E82

secondary

#90AE5D

accent

#D750A4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E82

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

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