#4E337C#4E337C

#4E337C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.119 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E337C
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 124)
HSL	hsl(262, 42%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 59%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 58.9%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.96, 29.30, -37.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.96, 47.45, 308.14°)
OKLab	oklab(39.13% 0.0555 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(39.13% 0.119 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9629, 5.4425, 19.6959)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E337C #617C33

analogous

#333D7C #4E337C #73337C

triadic

#4E337C #7C4E33 #337C4E

tetradic

#4E337C #7C333D #617C33 #337C73

square

#4E337C #7C333D #617C33 #337C73

split-complementary

#4E337C #7C7333 #3D7C33

monochromatic

#170F25 #332151 #4E337C #6945A7 #8968C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#4E337C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4E337C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E337C

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E337C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E337C	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#10427E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A417A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e337c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.119 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836ca2',
    500: '#4e337c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e337c;
$custom-light: #836ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e337c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.192,
    "s": 41.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3913,
    "c": 0.11947,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E337C

secondary

#8FA962

accent

#D256A4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E337C

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

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