#4E337B#4E337B

#4E337B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.118 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E337B
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 123)
HSL	hsl(263, 41%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 59%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 58.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.89, 29.02, -36.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.89, 46.86, 308.26°)
OKLab	oklab(39.06% 0.0555 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(39.06% 0.118 298)
XYZ	xyz(7.9000, 5.4173, 19.3645)
Luminance	0.0542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E337B #607B33

analogous

#333C7B #4E337B #72337B

triadic

#4E337B #7B4E33 #337B4E

tetradic

#4E337B #7B333C #607B33 #337B72

square

#4E337B #7B333C #607B33 #337B72

split-complementary

#4E337B #7B7233 #3C7B33

monochromatic

#170F24 #332150 #4E337B #6945A6 #8968C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.08

#4E337B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4E337B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E337B

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E337B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E337B	1.00	10.08	2.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#12427D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C4179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e337b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.118 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836ca2',
    500: '#4e337b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e337b;
$custom-light: #836ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e337b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39058,
    "c": 0.11812,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.05417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E337B

secondary

#8EA862

accent

#D157A3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E337B

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

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