#4E2A71#4E2A71

#4E2A71 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.120 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A71
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 113)
HSL	hsl(270, 46%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(270, 63%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 62.8%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.16, 31.66, -34.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.16, 47.07, 312.27°)
OKLab	oklab(36.84% 0.0678 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(36.84% 0.12 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9498, 4.4679, 16.1158)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A71 #4D712A

analogous

#2B2A71 #4E2A71 #712A70

triadic

#4E2A71 #714E2A #2A714E

tetradic

#4E2A71 #712B2A #4D712A #2A7071

square

#4E2A71 #712B2A #4D712A #2A7071

split-complementary

#4E2A71 #70712A #2A712B

monochromatic

#100918 #2F1944 #4E2A71 #6D3B9E #8B55C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#4E2A71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4E2A71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A71

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A71	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#073B73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3C6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.120 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82659a',
    500: '#4e2a71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a71;
$custom-light: #82659a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.423,
    "s": 45.806,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36839,
    "c": 0.11956,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A71

secondary

#7BA354

accent

#D55293

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A71

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

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