#4E2F72#4E2F72

#4E2F72 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.113 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2F72
RGB	rgb(78, 47, 114)
HSL	hsl(268, 42%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 59%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 58.8%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.35, 28.95, -33.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.35, 44.32, 310.79°)
OKLab	oklab(37.73% 0.0609 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(37.73% 0.113 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1950, 4.8676, 16.4768)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2F72 #53722F

analogous

#2F3272 #4E2F72 #702F72

triadic

#4E2F72 #724E2F #2F724E

tetradic

#4E2F72 #722F32 #53722F #2F7270

square

#4E2F72 #722F32 #53722F #2F7270

split-complementary

#4E2F72 #72702F #32722F

monochromatic

#130B1B #301D47 #4E2F72 #6C419D #8A5FBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#4E2F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4E2F72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2F72

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2F72	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#143E74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203E70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 47, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.113 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82699b',
    500: '#4e2f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2f72;
$custom-light: #82699b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.761,
    "s": 41.615,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37733,
    "c": 0.11261,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2F72

secondary

#81A35A

accent

#D15698

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2F72

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

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