#4E2D74#4E2D74

#4E2D74 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.119 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D74
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 116)
HSL	hsl(268, 44%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 61%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 61.2%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.03, 30.70, -35.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.03, 46.82, 310.98°)
OKLab	oklab(37.54% 0.0637 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(37.54% 0.119 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2319, 4.7574, 17.0569)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D74 #53742D

analogous

#2D3074 #4E2D74 #722D74

triadic

#4E2D74 #744E2D #2D744E

tetradic

#4E2D74 #742D30 #53742D #2D7472

square

#4E2D74 #742D30 #53742D #2D7472

split-complementary

#4E2D74 #74722D #30742D

monochromatic

#130B1C #301C48 #4E2D74 #6C3EA0 #8A5CC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#4E2D74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4E2D74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D74

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D74	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B3D76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3D72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.119 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82679c',
    500: '#4e2d74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d74;
$custom-light: #82679c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.887,
    "s": 44.099,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3754,
    "c": 0.11855,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D74

secondary

#81A557

accent

#D45498

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D74

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

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