#4E3372#4E3372

#4E3372 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.106 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3372
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 114)
HSL	hsl(266, 38%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 55%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 55.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.30, 26.49, -32.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.30, 41.57, 309.58°)
OKLab	oklab(38.43% 0.0551 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(38.43% 0.106 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3623, 5.2022, 16.5326)
Luminance	0.0520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3372 #577233

analogous

#333872 #4E3372 #6E3372

triadic

#4E3372 #724E33 #33724E

tetradic

#4E3372 #723338 #577233 #33726E

square

#4E3372 #723338 #577233 #33726E

split-complementary

#4E3372 #726E33 #387233

monochromatic

#140D1D #312048 #4E3372 #6B469C #8A65BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.29

#4E3372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4E3372 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3372

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3372	1.00	10.29	2.04	10.29
#FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D4074

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#254070

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.106 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826b9b',
    500: '#4e3372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3372;
$custom-light: #826b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 38.182,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38434,
    "c": 0.1058,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3372

secondary

#85A25F

accent

#CE5A9C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3372

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

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