#4E2C6F#4E2C6F

#4E2C6F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.114 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C6F
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 111)
HSL	hsl(270, 43%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(270, 60%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 60.4%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.47, 29.95, -33.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.47, 44.60, 312.18°)
OKLab	oklab(37.02% 0.065 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(37.02% 0.114 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.9112, 4.5688, 15.5536)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 7.63

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C6F #4D6F2C

analogous

#2C2C6F #4E2C6F #6F2C6E

triadic

#4E2C6F #6F4E2C #2C6F4E

tetradic

#4E2C6F #6F2C2C #4D6F2C #2C6E6F

square

#4E2C6F #6F2C2C #4D6F2C #2C6E6F

split-complementary

#4E2C6F #6E6F2C #2C6F2C

monochromatic

#100917 #2F1B43 #4E2C6F #6D3D9B #8B58BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.97

#4E2C6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4E2C6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C6F

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C6F	1.00	10.97	1.91	10.97
#FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#113B71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3C6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.114 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826799',
    500: '#4e2c6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c6f;
$custom-light: #826799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.448,
    "s": 43.226,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3702,
    "c": 0.11371,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C6F

secondary

#7BA156

accent

#D35593

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C6F

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

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