#4E2973#4E2973

#4E2973 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.124 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2973
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 115)
HSL	hsl(270, 47%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 64%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 64.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.09, 32.77, -36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.09, 48.85, 312.13°)
OKLab	oklab(36.83% 0.0691 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(36.83% 0.124 304)
XYZ	xyz(7.0286, 4.4434, 16.7037)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2973 #4E7329

analogous

#292973 #4E2973 #732973

triadic

#4E2973 #734E29 #29734E

tetradic

#4E2973 #732929 #4E7329 #297373

square

#4E2973 #732929 #4E7329 #297373

split-complementary

#4E2973 #737329 #297329

monochromatic

#110919 #2F1946 #4E2973 #6D39A0 #8B54C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.12

#4E2973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4E2973 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2973

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2973	1.00	11.12	1.89	11.12
#FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163B71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.124 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83659c',
    500: '#4e2973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2973;
$custom-light: #83659c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 47.436,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36829,
    "c": 0.12368,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.04443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2973

secondary

#7CA553

accent

#D75194

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2973

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

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