#4E2C70#4E2C70

#4E2C70 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.115 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C70
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 112)
HSL	hsl(270, 44%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 61%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 60.7%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.54, 30.22, -33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.54, 45.18, 311.98°)
OKLab	oklab(37.09% 0.0651 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(37.09% 0.115 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9666, 4.5909, 15.8452)
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

#4E2C70 #4E702C

analogous

#2C2C70 #4E2C70 #702C70

triadic

#4E2C70 #704E2C #2C704E

tetradic

#4E2C70 #702C2C #4E702C #2C7070

square

#4E2C70 #702C2C #4E702C #2C7070

split-complementary

#4E2C70 #70702C #2C702C

monochromatic

#110918 #2F1B44 #4E2C70 #6D3D9C #8B59BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#4E2C70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4E2C70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C70

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C70	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)

#0F3C72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3D6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.115 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826799',
    500: '#4e2c70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c70;
$custom-light: #826799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3709,
    "c": 0.115,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C70

secondary

#7CA256

accent

#D35494

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C70

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

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