#4E2F85#4E2F85

#4E2F85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.138 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2F85
RGB	rgb(78, 47, 133)
HSL	hsl(262, 48%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 65%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 64.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.70, 34.28, -43.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.70, 55.29, 308.32°)
OKLab	oklab(39.14% 0.0603 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(39.14% 0.138 296)
XYZ	xyz(8.3909, 5.3460, 22.7755)
Luminance	0.0535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.77

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2F85 #66852F

analogous

#2F3B85 #4E2F85 #792F85

triadic

#4E2F85 #854E2F #2F854E

tetradic

#4E2F85 #852F3B #66852F #2F8579

square

#4E2F85 #852F3B #66852F #2F8579

split-complementary

#4E2F85 #85792F #3B852F

monochromatic

#190F2B #331F58 #4E2F85 #693FB2 #8966C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.15

#4E2F85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4E2F85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2F85

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2F85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2F85	1.00	10.15	2.07	10.15
#FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004083

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2f85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 47, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.138 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8469a9',
    500: '#4e2f85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2f85;
$custom-light: #8469a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2f85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.628,
    "s": 47.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39144,
    "c": 0.13756,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.05346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2F85

secondary

#93B060

accent

#D750A7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2F85

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

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