#4E2E83#4E2E83

#4E2E83 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.136 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E83
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 131)
HSL	hsl(263, 48%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 65%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 64.9%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.33, 34.29, -42.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.33, 54.79, 308.75°)
OKLab	oklab(38.83% 0.0617 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(38.83% 0.136 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2146, 5.2122, 22.0416)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E83 #63832E

analogous

#2E3983 #4E2E83 #792E83

triadic

#4E2E83 #834E2E #2E834E

tetradic

#4E2E83 #832E39 #63832E #2E8379

square

#4E2E83 #832E39 #63832E #2E8379

split-complementary

#4E2E83 #83792E #39832E

monochromatic

#180E28 #331E56 #4E2E83 #693EB0 #8963C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.28

#4E2E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4E2E83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E83

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E83	1.00	10.28	2.04	10.28
#FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004186

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414154

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.136 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468a8',
    500: '#4e2e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e83;
$custom-light: #8468a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.588,
    "s": 48.023,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3883,
    "c": 0.13644,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E83

secondary

#90AF5E

accent

#D850A5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E83

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

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