#4E3274#4E3274

#4E3274 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.110 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3274
RGB	rgb(78, 50, 116)
HSL	hsl(265, 40%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 57%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 56.9%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.19, 27.66, -33.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.19, 43.44, 309.56°)
OKLab	oklab(38.39% 0.0567 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(38.39% 0.11 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4341, 5.1618, 17.1243)
Luminance	0.0516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3274 #587432

analogous

#323774 #4E3274 #6F3274

triadic

#4E3274 #744E32 #32744E

tetradic

#4E3274 #743237 #587432 #32746F

square

#4E3274 #743237 #587432 #32746F

split-complementary

#4E3274 #746F32 #377432

monochromatic

#140D1E #312049 #4E3274 #6B449F #8A64BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#4E3274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4E3274 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3274

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3274	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#184076

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#224072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 50, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.110 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826b9c',
    500: '#4e3274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3274;
$custom-light: #826b9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.455,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38392,
    "c": 0.11024,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3274

secondary

#86A45E

accent

#D0589D

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3274

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

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