#4E2C73#4E2C73

#4E2C73 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.119 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C73
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 115)
HSL	hsl(269, 45%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 62%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 61.7%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.74, 31.02, -35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.74, 46.90, 311.41°)
OKLab	oklab(37.31% 0.0651 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(37.31% 0.119 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.1364, 4.6589, 16.7396)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C73 #51732C

analogous

#2C2D73 #4E2C73 #712C73

triadic

#4E2C73 #734E2C #2C734E

tetradic

#4E2C73 #732C2D #51732C #2C7371

square

#4E2C73 #732C2D #51732C #2C7371

split-complementary

#4E2C73 #73712C #2D732C

monochromatic

#120A1A #301B47 #4E2C73 #6C3D9F #8B5AC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#4E2C73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4E2C73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C73

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C73	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A3C75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3D71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.119 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82679c',
    500: '#4e2c73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c73;
$custom-light: #82679c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.732,
    "s": 44.654,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37305,
    "c": 0.11888,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C73

secondary

#7FA556

accent

#D45397

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C73

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

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