#4E3377#4E3377

#4E3377 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.113 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3377
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 119)
HSL	hsl(264, 40%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 57%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 57.1%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.63, 27.88, -34.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.63, 44.51, 308.79°)
OKLab	oklab(38.78% 0.0554 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(38.78% 0.113 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6547, 5.3192, 18.0726)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3377 #5C7733

analogous

#333A77 #4E3377 #703377

triadic

#4E3377 #774E33 #33774E

tetradic

#4E3377 #77333A #5C7733 #337770

square

#4E3377 #77333A #5C7733 #337770

split-complementary

#4E3377 #777033 #3A7733

monochromatic

#160E21 #32214C #4E3377 #6A45A2 #8967BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#4E3377 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4E3377 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3377

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3377	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3377	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#174179

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204175

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3377;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.113 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826b9f',
    500: '#4e3377',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3377;
$custom-light: #826b9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3377",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.824,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38776,
    "c": 0.11266,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3377

secondary

#8AA660

accent

#D058A0

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3377

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

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