#4E2E71#4E2E71

#4E2E71 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.113 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E71
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 113)
HSL	hsl(269, 42%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 59%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 59.3%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.06, 29.28, -33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.06, 44.41, 311.25°)
OKLab	oklab(37.49% 0.0622 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(37.49% 0.113 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.0988, 4.7660, 16.1655)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E71 #51712E

analogous

#2E2F71 #4E2E71 #6F2E71

triadic

#4E2E71 #714E2E #2E714E

tetradic

#4E2E71 #712E2F #51712E #2E716F

square

#4E2E71 #712E2F #51712E #2E716F

split-complementary

#4E2E71 #716F2E #2F712E

monochromatic

#120B1A #301C46 #4E2E71 #6C409C #8B5DBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#4E2E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4E2E71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E71

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E71	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#133D73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3E6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.113 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82689a',
    500: '#4e2e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e71;
$custom-light: #82689a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.657,
    "s": 42.138,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37494,
    "c": 0.11296,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E71

secondary

#7FA258

accent

#D25697

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E71

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

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