#4E3277#4E3277

#4E3277 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.114 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3277
RGB	rgb(78, 50, 119)
HSL	hsl(264, 41%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 58%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 58%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.39, 28.50, -35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.39, 45.20, 309.09°)
OKLab	oklab(38.6% 0.0568 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(38.6% 0.114 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6115, 5.2328, 18.0582)
Luminance	0.0523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3277 #5B7732

analogous

#323877 #4E3277 #703277

triadic

#4E3277 #774E32 #32774E

tetradic

#4E3277 #773238 #5B7732 #327770

square

#4E3277 #773238 #5B7732 #327770

split-complementary

#4E3277 #777032 #387732

monochromatic

#160E21 #32204C #4E3277 #6A44A2 #8965BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.26

#4E3277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4E3277 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3277

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3277	1.00	10.26	2.05	10.26
#FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#154179

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F4075

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45404F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 50, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.114 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826b9f',
    500: '#4e3277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3277;
$custom-light: #826b9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.348,
    "s": 40.828,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.386,
    "c": 0.11433,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3277

secondary

#89A65F

accent

#D1579F

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3277

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →