#4E2E73#4E2E73

#4E2E73 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.116 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E73
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 115)
HSL	hsl(268, 43%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 60%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 60%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.19, 29.83, -34.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.19, 45.57, 310.88°)
OKLab	oklab(37.64% 0.0623 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(37.64% 0.116 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2127, 4.8115, 16.7651)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E73 #53732E

analogous

#2E3173 #4E2E73 #712E73

triadic

#4E2E73 #734E2E #2E734E

tetradic

#4E2E73 #732E31 #53732E #2E7371

square

#4E2E73 #732E31 #53732E #2E7371

split-complementary

#4E2E73 #73712E #31732E

monochromatic

#130B1C #301D47 #4E2E73 #6C3F9F #8A5DBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#4E2E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4E2E73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E73

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E73	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#103D75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3E71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.116 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82689c',
    500: '#4e2e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e73;
$custom-light: #82689c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.826,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37635,
    "c": 0.1156,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E73

secondary

#81A458

accent

#D35598

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E73

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

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