#4E3382#4E3382

#4E3382 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.128 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3382
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 130)
HSL	hsl(261, 44%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 60.8%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.38, 31.03, -40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.38, 50.95, 307.52°)
OKLab	oklab(39.57% 0.0555 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(39.57% 0.128 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.3539, 5.5989, 21.7553)
Luminance	0.0560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.70

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3382 #678233

analogous

#334082 #4E3382 #753382

triadic

#4E3382 #824E33 #33824E

tetradic

#4E3382 #823340 #678233 #338275

square

#4E3382 #823340 #678233 #338275

split-complementary

#4E3382 #827533 #408233

monochromatic

#19112A #342256 #4E3382 #6844AE #896BC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#4E3382 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E3382 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3382

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3382	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3382	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#024385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#114280

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3382;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.128 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836ca7',
    500: '#4e3382',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3382;
$custom-light: #836ca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3382",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.506,
    "s": 43.646,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39569,
    "c": 0.12758,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3382

secondary

#94AD64

accent

#D354A8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3382

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

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