#4E2D72#4E2D72

#4E2D72 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.116 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D72
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 114)
HSL	hsl(269, 43%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 61%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 60.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.90, 30.16, -34.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.90, 45.66, 311.33°)
OKLab	oklab(37.4% 0.0637 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(37.4% 0.116 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1168, 4.7114, 16.4508)
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

#4E2D72 #51722D

analogous

#2D2E72 #4E2D72 #702D72

triadic

#4E2D72 #724E2D #2D724E

tetradic

#4E2D72 #722D2E #51722D #2D7270

square

#4E2D72 #722D2E #51722D #2D7270

split-complementary

#4E2D72 #72702D #2E722D

monochromatic

#120A1A #301C46 #4E2D72 #6C3E9E #8B5BBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#4E2D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4E2D72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D72

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D72	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F3D74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3D70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.116 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82679b',
    500: '#4e2d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d72;
$custom-light: #82679b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 43.396,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37397,
    "c": 0.11595,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D72

secondary

#7FA357

accent

#D35597

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D72

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

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