#4E2F78#4E2F78

#4E2F78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.121 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2F78
RGB	rgb(78, 47, 120)
HSL	hsl(265, 44%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 61%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 60.8%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.76, 30.61, -36.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.76, 47.80, 309.81°)
OKLab	oklab(38.16% 0.0609 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(38.16% 0.121 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.5478, 5.0087, 18.3348)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2F78 #59782F

analogous

#2F3578 #4E2F78 #722F78

triadic

#4E2F78 #784E2F #2F784E

tetradic

#4E2F78 #782F35 #59782F #2F7872

square

#4E2F78 #782F35 #59782F #2F7872

split-complementary

#4E2F78 #78722F #35782F

monochromatic

#150D20 #311E4C #4E2F78 #6B40A4 #8960C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#4E2F78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4E2F78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2F78

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2F78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2F78	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A3F7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193F76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2f78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 47, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.121 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83699f',
    500: '#4e2f78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2f78;
$custom-light: #83699f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2f78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.479,
    "s": 43.713,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38161,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2F78

secondary

#87A85B

accent

#D3549D

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2F78

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

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