#4E2E84#4E2E84

#4E2E84 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.138 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E84
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 132)
HSL	hsl(262, 48%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 65%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 65.2%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.41, 34.58, -43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.41, 55.36, 308.66°)
OKLab	oklab(38.91% 0.0616 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(38.91% 0.138 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2827, 5.2395, 22.4003)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E84 #64842E

analogous

#2E3984 #4E2E84 #792E84

triadic

#4E2E84 #844E2E #2E844E

tetradic

#4E2E84 #842E39 #64842E #2E8479

square

#4E2E84 #842E39 #64842E #2E8479

split-complementary

#4E2E84 #84792E #39842E

monochromatic

#180E29 #331E57 #4E2E84 #693EB1 #8964C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#4E2E84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4E2E84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E84

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E84	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004082

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414154

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.138 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468a8',
    500: '#4e2e84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e84;
$custom-light: #8468a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.326,
    "s": 48.315,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38909,
    "c": 0.13773,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E84

secondary

#91B05E

accent

#D850A5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E84

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

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