#4E3379#4E3379

#4E3379 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.115 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3379
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 121)
HSL	hsl(263, 41%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 58%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 57.9%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.76, 28.45, -35.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.76, 45.69, 308.51°)
OKLab	oklab(38.92% 0.0554 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(38.92% 0.115 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7761, 5.3677, 18.7119)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3379 #5E7933

analogous

#333B79 #4E3379 #713379

triadic

#4E3379 #794E33 #33794E

tetradic

#4E3379 #79333B #5E7933 #337971

square

#4E3379 #79333B #5E7933 #337971

split-complementary

#4E3379 #797133 #3B7933

monochromatic

#160F23 #32214E #4E3379 #6A45A4 #8967BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.13

#4E3379 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4E3379 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3379

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3379	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3379	1.00	10.13	2.07	10.13
#FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15427B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E4177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3379;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.115 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826ca0',
    500: '#4e3379',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3379;
$custom-light: #826ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3379",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.143,
    "s": 40.698,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38916,
    "c": 0.11539,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3379

secondary

#8CA761

accent

#D157A2

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3379

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

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