#4E2C72#4E2C72

#4E2C72 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.118 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C72
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 114)
HSL	hsl(269, 44%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 61%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 61.4%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.67, 30.75, -34.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.67, 46.33, 311.59°)
OKLab	oklab(37.23% 0.0651 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(37.23% 0.118 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.0791, 4.6360, 16.4382)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C72 #50722C

analogous

#2C2D72 #4E2C72 #712C72

triadic

#4E2C72 #724E2C #2C724E

tetradic

#4E2C72 #722C2D #50722C #2C7271

square

#4E2C72 #722C2D #50722C #2C7271

split-complementary

#4E2C72 #72712C #2D722C

monochromatic

#120A1A #301B46 #4E2C72 #6C3D9E #8B59BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#4E2C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4E2C72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C72

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C72	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)

#0C3C74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3D70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.118 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82679b',
    500: '#4e2c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c72;
$custom-light: #82679b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.143,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37233,
    "c": 0.11758,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C72

secondary

#7EA456

accent

#D45496

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C72

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

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