#4E2E75#4E2E75

#4E2E75 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.118 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E75
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 117)
HSL	hsl(267, 44%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 61%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 60.7%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.33, 30.38, -35.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.33, 46.73, 310.54°)
OKLab	oklab(37.78% 0.0623 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(37.78% 0.118 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3290, 4.8580, 17.3777)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E75 #55752E

analogous

#2E3275 #4E2E75 #722E75

triadic

#4E2E75 #754E2E #2E754E

tetradic

#4E2E75 #752E32 #55752E #2E7572

square

#4E2E75 #752E32 #55752E #2E7572

split-complementary

#4E2E75 #75722E #32752E

monochromatic

#130B1D #311D49 #4E2E75 #6B3FA1 #8A5EC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#4E2E75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4E2E75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E75

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E75	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D3E77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3E73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.118 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82689d',
    500: '#4e2e75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e75;
$custom-light: #82689d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.042,
    "s": 43.558,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37778,
    "c": 0.11823,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E75

secondary

#83A659

accent

#D3549A

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E75

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

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