#4E2F79#4E2F79

#4E2F79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.122 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2F79
RGB	rgb(78, 47, 121)
HSL	hsl(265, 44%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 61%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 61.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.83, 30.88, -37.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.83, 48.38, 309.67°)
OKLab	oklab(38.23% 0.0609 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(38.23% 0.122 300)
XYZ	xyz(7.6088, 5.0331, 18.6561)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2F79 #5A792F

analogous

#2F3579 #4E2F79 #732F79

triadic

#4E2F79 #794E2F #2F794E

tetradic

#4E2F79 #792F35 #5A792F #2F7973

square

#4E2F79 #792F35 #5A792F #2F7973

split-complementary

#4E2F79 #79732F #35792F

monochromatic

#150D21 #321E4D #4E2F79 #6A40A5 #8961C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#4E2F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4E2F79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2F79

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2F79	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#083F7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183F77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 47, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.122 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8369a0',
    500: '#4e2f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2f79;
$custom-light: #8369a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.135,
    "s": 44.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38234,
    "c": 0.12188,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.05033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2F79

secondary

#88A85B

accent

#D4549E

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2F79

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

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