#4E2C71#4E2C71

#4E2C71 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.116 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C71
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 113)
HSL	hsl(270, 44%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 61%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 61.1%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.60, 30.48, -34.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.60, 45.75, 311.78°)
OKLab	oklab(37.16% 0.0651 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(37.16% 0.116 304)
XYZ	xyz(7.0225, 4.6133, 16.1401)
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

#4E2C71 #4F712C

analogous

#2C2C71 #4E2C71 #702C71

triadic

#4E2C71 #714E2C #2C714E

tetradic

#4E2C71 #712C2C #4F712C #2C7170

square

#4E2C71 #712C2C #4F712C #2C7170

split-complementary

#4E2C71 #71702C #2C712C

monochromatic

#110A19 #301B45 #4E2C71 #6C3D9D #8B59BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#4E2C71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4E2C71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C71

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C71	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E3C73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3D6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.116 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82679a',
    500: '#4e2c71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c71;
$custom-light: #82679a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.565,
    "s": 43.949,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37161,
    "c": 0.11629,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.04613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C71

secondary

#7DA356

accent

#D45495

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C71

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

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