#4E2A73#4E2A73

#4E2A73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.122 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A73
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 115)
HSL	hsl(270, 46%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 63%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 63.5%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.30, 32.19, -35.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.30, 48.21, 311.90°)
OKLab	oklab(36.99% 0.0678 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(36.99% 0.122 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0637, 4.5135, 16.7154)
Luminance	0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A73 #4F732A

analogous

#2A2A73 #4E2A73 #722A73

triadic

#4E2A73 #734E2A #2A734E

tetradic

#4E2A73 #732A2A #4F732A #2A7372

square

#4E2A73 #732A2A #4F732A #2A7372

split-complementary

#4E2A73 #73722A #2A732A

monochromatic

#110919 #301A46 #4E2A73 #6C3AA0 #8B56C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#4E2A73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4E2A73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A73

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A73	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#033B75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173C71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47394A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.122 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82659c',
    500: '#4e2a73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a73;
$custom-light: #82659c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.589,
    "s": 46.497,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36985,
    "c": 0.1221,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A73

secondary

#7DA554

accent

#D65295

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A73

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

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