#4E2E85#4E2E85

#4E2E85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.139 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E85
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 133)
HSL	hsl(262, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 65%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 65.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.48, 34.86, -43.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.48, 55.93, 308.56°)
OKLab	oklab(38.99% 0.0615 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(38.99% 0.139 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3514, 5.2670, 22.7624)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.53

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E85 #65852E

analogous

#2E3A85 #4E2E85 #792E85

triadic

#4E2E85 #854E2E #2E854E

tetradic

#4E2E85 #852E3A #65852E #2E8579

square

#4E2E85 #852E3A #65852E #2E8579

split-complementary

#4E2E85 #85792E #3A852E

monochromatic

#190F2A #331E58 #4E2E85 #693EB2 #8964C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.23

#4E2E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4E2E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E85

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E85	1.00	10.23	2.05	10.23
#FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004083

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.139 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8469a9',
    500: '#4e2e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e85;
$custom-light: #8469a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.069,
    "s": 48.603,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38987,
    "c": 0.13901,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E85

secondary

#92B05F

accent

#D850A6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E85

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

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