#4E3072#4E3072

#4E3072 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.111 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3072
RGB	rgb(78, 48, 114)
HSL	hsl(267, 41%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 58%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 57.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.59, 28.34, -33.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.59, 43.64, 310.50°)
OKLab	oklab(37.91% 0.0594 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(37.91% 0.111 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.2354, 4.9485, 16.4903)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3072 #547230

analogous

#303372 #4E3072 #6F3072

triadic

#4E3072 #724E30 #30724E

tetradic

#4E3072 #723033 #547230 #30726F

square

#4E3072 #723033 #547230 #30726F

split-complementary

#4E3072 #726F30 #337230

monochromatic

#130C1C #311E47 #4E3072 #6B429D #8A60BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#4E3072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4E3072 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3072

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3072	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#163E74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213F70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 48, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.111 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82699b',
    500: '#4e3072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3072;
$custom-light: #82699b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37905,
    "c": 0.11092,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3072

secondary

#82A35B

accent

#D15799

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3072

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

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