#4E3174#4E3174

#4E3174 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.112 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3174
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 116)
HSL	hsl(266, 41%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 58%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 57.8%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.95, 28.28, -33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.95, 44.12, 309.86°)
OKLab	oklab(38.22% 0.0581 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(38.22% 0.112 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.3918, 5.0773, 17.1102)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3174 #577431

analogous

#313674 #4E3174 #6F3174

triadic

#4E3174 #744E31 #31744E

tetradic

#4E3174 #743136 #577431 #31746F

square

#4E3174 #743136 #577431 #31746F

split-complementary

#4E3174 #746F31 #367431

monochromatic

#140D1E #311F49 #4E3174 #6B439F #8A63BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.42

#4E3174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4E3174 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3174

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3174	1.00	10.42	2.02	10.42
#FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#163F76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203F72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.112 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826a9c',
    500: '#4e3174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3174;
$custom-light: #826a9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.97,
    "s": 40.606,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38217,
    "c": 0.11193,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3174

secondary

#85A45C

accent

#D0579C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3174

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

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