#4E2B72#4E2B72

#4E2B72 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.119 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B72
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 114)
HSL	hsl(270, 45%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 62%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 62.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.45, 31.34, -35.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.45, 46.98, 311.84°)
OKLab	oklab(37.07% 0.0664 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(37.07% 0.119 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0423, 4.5624, 16.4259)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B72 #4F722B

analogous

#2B2C72 #4E2B72 #712B72

triadic

#4E2B72 #724E2B #2B724E

tetradic

#4E2B72 #722B2C #4F722B #2B7271

square

#4E2B72 #722B2C #4F722B #2B7271

split-complementary

#4E2B72 #72712B #2C722B

monochromatic

#110919 #301A46 #4E2B72 #6C3C9E #8B58C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#4E2B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4E2B72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B72

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B72	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)

#083B74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3C70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47394A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.119 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82669b',
    500: '#4e2b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b72;
$custom-light: #82669b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.577,
    "s": 45.223,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37071,
    "c": 0.11921,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B72

secondary

#7DA455

accent

#D55395

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B72

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

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