#4E2762#4E2762

#4E2762 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.106 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2762
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 98)
HSL	hsl(280, 43%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(280, 60%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 60.2%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.51, 29.55, -27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.51, 40.54, 316.80°)
OKLab	oklab(35.32% 0.0719 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(35.32% 0.106 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.0716, 3.9527, 11.9960)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2762 #3B6227

analogous

#312762 #4E2762 #622759

triadic

#4E2762 #624E27 #27624E

tetradic

#4E2762 #623127 #3B6227 #275962

square

#4E2762 #623127 #3B6227 #275962

split-complementary

#4E2762 #596227 #276231

monochromatic

#110916 #2B1636 #4E2762 #71388E #934CB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#4E2762 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E2762 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2762

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2762	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2762	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#163664

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#243961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3140

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2762;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.106 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81638f',
    500: '#4e2762',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2762;
$custom-light: #81638f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2762",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.661,
    "s": 43.066,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35316,
    "c": 0.10586,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2762

secondary

#679550

accent

#D35580

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2762

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

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