#4E3271#4E3271

#4E3271 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.106 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3271
RGB	rgb(78, 50, 113)
HSL	hsl(267, 39%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 56%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 55.8%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.00, 26.83, -31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.00, 41.67, 310.08°)
OKLab	oklab(38.19% 0.0565 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(38.19% 0.106 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2624, 5.0932, 16.2201)
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

#4E3271 #557132

analogous

#323671 #4E3271 #6E3271

triadic

#4E3271 #714E32 #32714E

tetradic

#4E3271 #713236 #557132 #32716E

square

#4E3271 #713236 #557132 #32716E

split-complementary

#4E3271 #716E32 #367132

monochromatic

#130C1C #311F47 #4E3271 #6B459B #8A63BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#4E3271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4E3271 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3271

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3271	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)

#1C3F73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24406F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 50, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.106 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826b9a',
    500: '#4e3271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3271;
$custom-light: #826b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38187,
    "c": 0.10615,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3271

secondary

#83A25D

accent

#CF599A

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3271

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

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