#4E3374#4E3374

#4E3374 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.109 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3374
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 116)
HSL	hsl(265, 39%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 56%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 56%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.43, 27.04, -33.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.43, 42.75, 309.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.57% 0.0552 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(38.57% 0.109 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4774, 5.2483, 17.1387)
Luminance	0.0525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3374 #597433

analogous

#333974 #4E3374 #6E3374

triadic

#4E3374 #744E33 #33744E

tetradic

#4E3374 #743339 #597433 #33746E

square

#4E3374 #743339 #597433 #33746E

split-complementary

#4E3374 #746E33 #397433

monochromatic

#150E1F #312049 #4E3374 #6B469F #8966BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#4E3374 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4E3374 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3374

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3374	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3374	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B4176

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#234072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46404E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3374;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.109 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826b9c',
    500: '#4e3374',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3374;
$custom-light: #826b9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3374",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.923,
    "s": 38.922,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38569,
    "c": 0.10855,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3374

secondary

#87A45F

accent

#CF599E

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3374

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

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