#4E3280#4E3280

#4E3280 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.126 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3280
RGB	rgb(78, 50, 128)
HSL	hsl(262, 44%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 61%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 60.9%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.01, 31.06, -39.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.01, 50.45, 308.00°)
OKLab	oklab(39.25% 0.0568 -0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(39.25% 0.126 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1778, 5.4593, 21.0408)
Luminance	0.0546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3280 #648032

analogous

#323D80 #4E3280 #753280

triadic

#4E3280 #804E32 #32804E

tetradic

#4E3280 #80323D #648032 #328075

square

#4E3280 #80323D #648032 #328075

split-complementary

#4E3280 #807532 #3D8032

monochromatic

#181028 #332154 #4E3280 #6943AC #8968C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.04

#4E3280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4E3280 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3280

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3280	1.00	10.04	2.09	10.04
#FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#034283

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12417E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 50, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.126 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836ba5',
    500: '#4e3280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3280;
$custom-light: #836ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.538,
    "s": 43.82,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39252,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3280

secondary

#91AC62

accent

#D454A6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3280

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

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