#4E3079#4E3079

#4E3079 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.120 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3079
RGB	rgb(78, 48, 121)
HSL	hsl(265, 43%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 60%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 60.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.06, 30.28, -36.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.06, 47.71, 309.39°)
OKLab	oklab(38.4% 0.0596 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(38.4% 0.12 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6492, 5.1140, 18.6696)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3079 #5B7930

analogous

#303679 #4E3079 #723079

triadic

#4E3079 #794E30 #30794E

tetradic

#4E3079 #793036 #5B7930 #307972

square

#4E3079 #793036 #5B7930 #307972

split-complementary

#4E3079 #797230 #367930

monochromatic

#160D21 #321F4D #4E3079 #6A41A5 #8962C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#4E3079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4E3079 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3079

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3079	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C407B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193F77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 48, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.120 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836aa0',
    500: '#4e3079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3079;
$custom-light: #836aa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.658,
    "s": 43.195,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38401,
    "c": 0.12028,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3079

secondary

#89A85D

accent

#D3559F

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3079

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

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