#4E2B74#4E2B74

#4E2B74 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.122 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B74
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 116)
HSL	hsl(269, 46%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 63%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 62.9%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.59, 31.88, -36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.59, 48.13, 311.48°)
OKLab	oklab(37.22% 0.0664 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(37.22% 0.122 303)
XYZ	xyz(7.1574, 4.6084, 17.0321)
Luminance	0.0461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B74 #51742B

analogous

#2B2C74 #4E2B74 #722B74

triadic

#4E2B74 #744E2B #2B744E

tetradic

#4E2B74 #742B2C #51742B #2B7472

square

#4E2B74 #742B2C #51742B #2B7472

split-complementary

#4E2B74 #74722B #2C742B

monochromatic

#120A1B #301A47 #4E2B74 #6C3CA1 #8B58C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#4E2B74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4E2B74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B74

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B74	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#043C76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183C72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.122 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83669c',
    500: '#4e2b74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b74;
$custom-light: #83669c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.767,
    "s": 45.912,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37217,
    "c": 0.12178,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.04608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B74

secondary

#7FA655

accent

#D65297

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B74

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

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