#4E2C74#4E2C74

#4E2C74 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.120 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C74
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 116)
HSL	hsl(268, 45%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 62%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 62.1%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.81, 31.29, -35.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.81, 47.48, 311.23°)
OKLab	oklab(37.38% 0.065 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(37.38% 0.12 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1942, 4.6820, 17.0443)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C74 #52742C

analogous

#2C2E74 #4E2C74 #722C74

triadic

#4E2C74 #744E2C #2C744E

tetradic

#4E2C74 #742C2E #52742C #2C7472

square

#4E2C74 #742C2E #52742C #2C7472

split-complementary

#4E2C74 #74722C #2E742C

monochromatic

#120A1B #301B48 #4E2C74 #6C3DA0 #8A5AC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.84

#4E2C74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4E2C74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C74

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C74	1.00	10.84	1.94	10.84
#FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#083C76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193D72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.120 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82679c',
    500: '#4e2c74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c74;
$custom-light: #82679c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.333,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37377,
    "c": 0.12017,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C74

secondary

#80A656

accent

#D55398

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C74

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

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