#4E2A72#4E2A72

#4E2A72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.121 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A72
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 114)
HSL	hsl(270, 46%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 63%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 63.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.23, 31.93, -35.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.23, 47.64, 312.08°)
OKLab	oklab(36.91% 0.0678 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(36.91% 0.121 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.0064, 4.4906, 16.4140)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A72 #4E722A

analogous

#2A2A72 #4E2A72 #722A72

triadic

#4E2A72 #724E2A #2A724E

tetradic

#4E2A72 #722A2A #4E722A #2A7272

square

#4E2A72 #722A2A #4E722A #2A7272

split-complementary

#4E2A72 #72722A #2A722A

monochromatic

#110919 #2F1A45 #4E2A72 #6D3A9F #8B56C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#4E2A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4E2A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A72

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A72	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#053B74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193C70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.121 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82659b',
    500: '#4e2a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a72;
$custom-light: #82659b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36911,
    "c": 0.12083,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A72

secondary

#7CA454

accent

#D65294

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A72

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

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