#4E2B75#4E2B75

#4E2B75 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.123 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B75
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 117)
HSL	hsl(268, 46%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 63%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 63.2%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.66, 32.15, -36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.66, 48.70, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(37.29% 0.0664 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(37.29% 0.123 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2159, 4.6318, 17.3400)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B75 #52752B

analogous

#2B2D75 #4E2B75 #732B75

triadic

#4E2B75 #754E2B #2B754E

tetradic

#4E2B75 #752B2D #52752B #2B7573

square

#4E2B75 #752B2D #52752B #2B7573

split-complementary

#4E2B75 #75732B #2D752B

monochromatic

#120A1B #301B48 #4E2B75 #6C3BA2 #8A59C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#4E2B75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4E2B75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B75

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B75	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#023C77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163D73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.123 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83669d',
    500: '#4e2b75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b75;
$custom-light: #83669d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.378,
    "s": 46.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3729,
    "c": 0.12305,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B75

secondary

#80A755

accent

#D65297

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B75

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

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