#4E2970#4E2970

#4E2970 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.120 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2970
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 112)
HSL	hsl(271, 46%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 63%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 63.4%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.88, 31.98, -34.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.88, 47.14, 312.71°)
OKLab	oklab(36.61% 0.0692 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(36.61% 0.12 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8588, 4.3755, 15.8093)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2970 #4B7029

analogous

#2B2970 #4E2970 #70296E

triadic

#4E2970 #704E29 #29704E

tetradic

#4E2970 #702B29 #4B7029 #296E70

square

#4E2970 #702B29 #4B7029 #296E70

split-complementary

#4E2970 #6E7029 #29702B

monochromatic

#100816 #2F1943 #4E2970 #6D399D #8C53C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#4E2970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4E2970 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2970

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2970	1.00	11.20	1.88	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#063A72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3B6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.120 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826599',
    500: '#4e2970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2970;
$custom-light: #826599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.268,
    "s": 46.405,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36608,
    "c": 0.11991,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2970

secondary

#79A253

accent

#D65291

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2970

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

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