#4E2B73#4E2B73

#4E2B73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.120 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B73
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 115)
HSL	hsl(269, 46%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 63%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 62.6%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.52, 31.61, -35.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.52, 47.56, 311.66°)
OKLab	oklab(37.14% 0.0664 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(37.14% 0.12 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.0996, 4.5853, 16.7274)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B73 #50732B

analogous

#2B2C73 #4E2B73 #722B73

triadic

#4E2B73 #734E2B #2B734E

tetradic

#4E2B73 #732B2C #50732B #2B7372

square

#4E2B73 #732B2C #50732B #2B7372

split-complementary

#4E2B73 #73722B #2C732B

monochromatic

#120A1A #301A46 #4E2B73 #6C3CA0 #8B58C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#4E2B73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4E2B73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B73

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B73	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#063C75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193C71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.120 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82669c',
    500: '#4e2b73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b73;
$custom-light: #82669c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.167,
    "s": 45.57,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37143,
    "c": 0.12049,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B73

secondary

#7EA555

accent

#D55396

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B73

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

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