#4E2663 is a deep, temperate magenta. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, quietly premium. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #4E2663 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E2663 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Byzantium carries the depth in this luxury scheme, offset by a brass accent and near-black and held together by a deep neutral and an off-white surface.
Byzantium adds the colour to this moody editorial scheme — charcoal and a mid-grey around it, a bone highlight, and a muted jewel accent drawn from Byzantium.
Byzantium sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Byzantium plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Byzantium is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Byzantium carrying the quiet middle.
How #4E2663 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #4E2663 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E2663;
--color-base-rgb: 78 38 99;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(35.2% 0.109 312.4);
--color-50: #F8F4FB;
--color-100: #EEE1F4;
--color-200: #DCC4E8;
--color-300: #C09BD5;
--color-400: #A474BE;
--color-500: #8653A2;
--color-600: #69457D;
--color-700: #4D355A;
--color-800: #34263B;
--color-900: #201925;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
byzantium: {
50: '#F8F4FB',
100: '#EEE1F4',
200: '#DCC4E8',
300: '#C09BD5',
400: '#A474BE',
500: '#8653A2',
600: '#69457D',
700: '#4D355A',
800: '#34263B',
900: '#201925',
},
}
$base: #4E2663; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F8F4FB; $base-100: #EEE1F4; $base-200: #DCC4E8; $base-300: #C09BD5; $base-400: #A474BE; $base-500: #8653A2; $base-600: #69457D; $base-700: #4D355A; $base-800: #34263B; $base-900: #201925; $base-hover: #3F1E50; $base-subtle: #CDB4DA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E2663",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8F4FB",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EEE1F4",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DCC4E8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C09BD5",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A474BE",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#8653A2",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#69457D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4D355A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#34263B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#201925",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}