#4E2A70#4E2A70

#4E2A70 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.118 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A70
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 112)
HSL	hsl(271, 45%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 63%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 62.5%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.09, 31.39, -34.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.09, 46.49, 312.47°)
OKLab	oklab(36.77% 0.0678 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(36.77% 0.118 305)
XYZ	xyz(6.8938, 4.4455, 15.8210)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A70 #4C702A

analogous

#2B2A70 #4E2A70 #702A6F

triadic

#4E2A70 #704E2A #2A704E

tetradic

#4E2A70 #702B2A #4C702A #2A6F70

square

#4E2A70 #702B2A #4C702A #2A6F70

split-complementary

#4E2A70 #6F702A #2A702B

monochromatic

#100917 #2F1943 #4E2A70 #6D3B9D #8C55BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.12

#4E2A70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4E2A70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A70

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A70	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)

#093A72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3C6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483848

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.118 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826599',
    500: '#4e2a70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a70;
$custom-light: #826599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.857,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36766,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.04445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A70

secondary

#7AA254

accent

#D55392

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A70

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

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