#4E2E72#4E2E72

#4E2E72 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.114 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E72
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 114)
HSL	hsl(268, 43%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 60%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 59.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.12, 29.56, -33.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.12, 44.99, 311.06°)
OKLab	oklab(37.56% 0.0623 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(37.56% 0.114 303)
XYZ	xyz(7.1555, 4.7886, 16.4636)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E72 #52722E

analogous

#2E3072 #4E2E72 #702E72

triadic

#4E2E72 #724E2E #2E724E

tetradic

#4E2E72 #722E30 #52722E #2E7270

square

#4E2E72 #722E30 #52722E #2E7270

split-complementary

#4E2E72 #72702E #30722E

monochromatic

#120B1B #301C46 #4E2E72 #6C409E #8A5DBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#4E2E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4E2E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E72

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E72	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#123D74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3E70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.114 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82689b',
    500: '#4e2e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e72;
$custom-light: #82689b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 42.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37564,
    "c": 0.11428,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.04789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E72

secondary

#80A358

accent

#D25698

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E72

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

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