#4E2B71#4E2B71

#4E2B71 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.118 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B71
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 113)
HSL	hsl(270, 45%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 62%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 61.9%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.38, 31.07, -34.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.38, 46.41, 312.03°)
OKLab	oklab(37% 0.0664 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(37% 0.118 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.9857, 4.5397, 16.1278)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 7.48

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B71 #4E712B

analogous

#2B2B71 #4E2B71 #712B71

triadic

#4E2B71 #714E2B #2B714E

tetradic

#4E2B71 #712B2B #4E712B #2B7171

square

#4E2B71 #712B2B #4E712B #2B7171

split-complementary

#4E2B71 #71712B #2B712B

monochromatic

#110918 #2F1A45 #4E2B71 #6D3C9D #8B57BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#4E2B71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4E2B71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B71

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B71	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)

#0B3B73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3C6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.118 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82669a',
    500: '#4e2b71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b71;
$custom-light: #82669a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 44.872,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36999,
    "c": 0.11794,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B71

secondary

#7CA355

accent

#D55394

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B71

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

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