#4E337F#4E337F

#4E337F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.124 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E337F
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 127)
HSL	hsl(261, 43%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 60%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 59.8%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.17, 30.16, -38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.17, 49.20, 307.81°)
OKLab	oklab(39.35% 0.0555 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(39.35% 0.124 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1555, 5.5195, 20.7103)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.64

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E337F #647F33

analogous

#333E7F #4E337F #74337F

triadic

#4E337F #7F4E33 #337F4E

tetradic

#4E337F #7F333E #647F33 #337F74

square

#4E337F #7F333E #647F33 #337F74

split-complementary

#4E337F #7F7433 #3E7F33

monochromatic

#181028 #332153 #4E337F #6945AB #8969C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#4E337F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4E337F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E337F

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E337F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E337F	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A4382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16417D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e337f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.124 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836ca5',
    500: '#4e337f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e337f;
$custom-light: #836ca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e337f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.316,
    "s": 42.697,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39347,
    "c": 0.12353,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E337F

secondary

#91AB63

accent

#D255A6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E337F

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

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