#4E2A74#4E2A74

#4E2A74 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.123 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A74
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 116)
HSL	hsl(269, 47%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 64%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 63.8%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.37, 32.46, -36.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.37, 48.78, 311.72°)
OKLab	oklab(37.06% 0.0677 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(37.06% 0.123 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1215, 4.5366, 17.0201)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

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#663399

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A74 #50742A

analogous

#2A2B74 #4E2A74 #732A74

triadic

#4E2A74 #744E2A #2A744E

tetradic

#4E2A74 #742A2B #50742A #2A7473

square

#4E2A74 #742A2B #50742A #2A7473

split-complementary

#4E2A74 #74732A #2B742A

monochromatic

#12091A #301A47 #4E2A74 #6C3AA1 #8B56C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#4E2A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4E2A74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A74

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A74	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#013B76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163C72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.123 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83659c',
    500: '#4e2a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a74;
$custom-light: #83659c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.189,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37058,
    "c": 0.12336,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A74

secondary

#7EA654

accent

#D65196

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A74

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

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