#4E2A75#4E2A75

#4E2A75 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.125 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A75
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 117)
HSL	hsl(269, 47%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 64%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 64.1%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.44, 32.73, -36.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.44, 49.35, 311.55°)
OKLab	oklab(37.13% 0.0677 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(37.13% 0.125 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1800, 4.5600, 17.3281)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 6.99

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A75 #51752A

analogous

#2A2B75 #4E2A75 #732A75

triadic

#4E2A75 #754E2A #2A754E

tetradic

#4E2A75 #752A2B #51752A #2A7573

square

#4E2A75 #752A2B #51752A #2A7573

split-complementary

#4E2A75 #75732A #2B752A

monochromatic

#120A1B #301A48 #4E2A75 #6C3AA2 #8B57C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#4E2A75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4E2A75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A75

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A75	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#153C73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.125 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83669d',
    500: '#4e2a75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a75;
$custom-light: #83669d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37133,
    "c": 0.12463,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A75

secondary

#7FA754

accent

#D75197

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A75

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

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