#4E3078#4E3078

#4E3078 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.119 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3078
RGB	rgb(78, 48, 120)
HSL	hsl(265, 43%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 60%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 60%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.99, 30.00, -36.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.99, 47.13, 309.53°)
OKLab	oklab(38.33% 0.0596 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(38.33% 0.119 300)
XYZ	xyz(7.5882, 5.0896, 18.3483)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3078 #5A7830

analogous

#303678 #4E3078 #723078

triadic

#4E3078 #784E30 #30784E

tetradic

#4E3078 #783036 #5A7830 #307872

square

#4E3078 #783036 #5A7830 #307872

split-complementary

#4E3078 #787230 #367830

monochromatic

#150D21 #321F4C #4E3078 #6A41A4 #8962C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#4E3078 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4E3078 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3078

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3078	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3078	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E407A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3F76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3078;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 48, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.119 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83699f',
    500: '#4e3078',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3078;
$custom-light: #83699f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3078",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38329,
    "c": 0.11895,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.0509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3078

secondary

#88A75C

accent

#D3559E

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3078

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

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