#4E2E70#4E2E70

#4E2E70 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.112 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E70
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 112)
HSL	hsl(269, 42%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 59%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 58.9%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.99, 29.01, -32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.99, 43.83, 311.45°)
OKLab	oklab(37.42% 0.0622 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(37.42% 0.112 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0429, 4.7436, 15.8707)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E70 #50702E

analogous

#2E2F70 #4E2E70 #6F2E70

triadic

#4E2E70 #704E2E #2E704E

tetradic

#4E2E70 #702E2F #50702E #2E706F

square

#4E2E70 #702E2F #50702E #2E706F

split-complementary

#4E2E70 #706F2E #2F702E

monochromatic

#120A19 #301C45 #4E2E70 #6C409B #8B5CBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.78

#4E2E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4E2E70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E70

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E70	1.00	10.78	1.95	10.78
#FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#143D72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203D6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.112 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826899',
    500: '#4e2e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e70;
$custom-light: #826899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.091,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37424,
    "c": 0.11165,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E70

secondary

#7EA158

accent

#D25696

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E70

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

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