#4E3177#4E3177

#4E3177 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.116 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3177
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 119)
HSL	hsl(265, 42%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 59%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 58.8%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.15, 29.11, -35.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.15, 45.88, 309.39°)
OKLab	oklab(38.43% 0.0582 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(38.43% 0.116 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5692, 5.1482, 18.0441)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3177 #5A7731

analogous

#313777 #4E3177 #713177

triadic

#4E3177 #774E31 #31774E

tetradic

#4E3177 #773137 #5A7731 #317771

square

#4E3177 #773137 #5A7731 #317771

split-complementary

#4E3177 #777131 #377731

monochromatic

#150D20 #321F4C #4E3177 #6A43A2 #8963BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#4E3177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4E3177 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3177

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3177	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#124079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D4075

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.116 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826a9f',
    500: '#4e3177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3177;
$custom-light: #826a9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.857,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38427,
    "c": 0.11597,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3177

secondary

#88A65D

accent

#D1569E

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3177

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

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