#4E3378#4E3378

#4E3378 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.114 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3378
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 120)
HSL	hsl(263, 40%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 58%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 57.5%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.69, 28.17, -35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.69, 45.10, 308.65°)
OKLab	oklab(38.85% 0.0554 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(38.85% 0.114 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7151, 5.3433, 18.3906)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3378 #5D7833

analogous

#333A78 #4E3378 #703378

triadic

#4E3378 #784E33 #33784E

tetradic

#4E3378 #78333A #5D7833 #337870

square

#4E3378 #78333A #5D7833 #337870

split-complementary

#4E3378 #787033 #3A7833

monochromatic

#160E22 #32214D #4E3378 #6A45A3 #8967BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.15

#4E3378 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4E3378 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3378

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3378	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3378	1.00	10.15	2.07	10.15
#FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16417A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F4176

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3378;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.114 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826c9f',
    500: '#4e3378',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3378;
$custom-light: #826c9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3378",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.478,
    "s": 40.351,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38845,
    "c": 0.11403,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3378

secondary

#8BA660

accent

#D058A1

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3378

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

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