#4E3175#4E3175

#4E3175 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.113 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3175
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 117)
HSL	hsl(266, 41%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 58%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 58.1%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.02, 28.56, -34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.02, 44.71, 309.70°)
OKLab	oklab(38.29% 0.0581 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(38.29% 0.113 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4503, 5.1006, 17.4182)
Luminance	0.0510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3175 #587531

analogous

#313675 #4E3175 #703175

triadic

#4E3175 #754E31 #31754E

tetradic

#4E3175 #753136 #587531 #317570

square

#4E3175 #753136 #587531 #317570

split-complementary

#4E3175 #757031 #367531

monochromatic

#140D1F #311F4A #4E3175 #6B43A0 #8A63BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#4E3175 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4E3175 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3175

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3175	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3175	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#154077

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3F73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3175;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.113 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826a9d',
    500: '#4e3175',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3175;
$custom-light: #826a9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3175",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.588,
    "s": 40.964,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38287,
    "c": 0.11328,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3175

secondary

#86A55D

accent

#D1579D

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3175

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

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