#4E2F6B#4E2F6B

#4E2F6B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.103 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2F6B
RGB	rgb(78, 47, 107)
HSL	hsl(271, 39%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 56%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 56.1%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.90, 27.06, -29.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.90, 40.24, 312.26°)
OKLab	oklab(37.26% 0.0605 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(37.26% 0.103 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8117, 4.7143, 14.4582)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2F6B #4C6B2F

analogous

#302F6B #4E2F6B #6B2F6A

triadic

#4E2F6B #6B4E2F #2F6B4E

tetradic

#4E2F6B #6B302F #4C6B2F #2F6A6B

square

#4E2F6B #6B302F #4C6B2F #2F6A6B

split-complementary

#4E2F6B #6A6B2F #2F6B30

monochromatic

#100A16 #2F1C40 #4E2F6B #6D4296 #8C5DB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#4E2F6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4E2F6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2F6B

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2F6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2F6B	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C3C6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#253E6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493A48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2f6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 47, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.103 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816996',
    500: '#4e2f6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2f6b;
$custom-light: #816996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2f6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271,
    "s": 38.961,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37257,
    "c": 0.10329,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2F6B

secondary

#7A9C59

accent

#CF5992

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2F6B

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

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