#4E2C75#4E2C75

#4E2C75 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.121 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C75
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 117)
HSL	hsl(268, 45%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 62%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 62.4%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.88, 31.57, -36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.88, 48.05, 311.06°)
OKLab	oklab(37.45% 0.065 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(37.45% 0.121 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.2527, 4.7054, 17.3523)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C75 #53752C

analogous

#2C2F75 #4E2C75 #732C75

triadic

#4E2C75 #754E2C #2C754E

tetradic

#4E2C75 #752C2F #53752C #2C7573

square

#4E2C75 #752C2F #53752C #2C7573

split-complementary

#4E2C75 #75732C #2F752C

monochromatic

#130B1C #301B49 #4E2C75 #6C3DA1 #8A5AC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.82

#4E2C75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4E2C75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C75

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C75	1.00	10.82	1.94	10.82
#FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#063D77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183D73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.121 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83679d',
    500: '#4e2c75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c75;
$custom-light: #83679d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.945,
    "s": 45.342,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3745,
    "c": 0.12145,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C75

secondary

#81A756

accent

#D55398

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C75

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

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