#4E2F6F#4E2F6F

#4E2F6F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.109 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2F6F
RGB	rgb(78, 47, 111)
HSL	hsl(269, 41%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 58%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 57.7%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.16, 28.13, -31.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.16, 42.57, 311.37°)
OKLab	oklab(37.53% 0.0607 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(37.53% 0.109 304)
XYZ	xyz(7.0270, 4.8005, 15.5922)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2F6F #506F2F

analogous

#2F306F #4E2F6F #6E2F6F

triadic

#4E2F6F #6F4E2F #2F6F4E

tetradic

#4E2F6F #6F2F30 #506F2F #2F6F6E

square

#4E2F6F #6F2F30 #506F2F #2F6F6E

split-complementary

#4E2F6F #6F6E2F #306F2F

monochromatic

#120B19 #301D44 #4E2F6F #6C419A #8B5EBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#4E2F6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4E2F6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2F6F

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2F6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2F6F	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#183D71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223E6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2f6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 47, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.109 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826999',
    500: '#4e2f6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2f6f;
$custom-light: #826999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2f6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.063,
    "s": 40.506,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37526,
    "c": 0.10862,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2F6F

secondary

#7EA059

accent

#D05796

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2F6F

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

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