#4E3470#4E3470

#4E3470 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.101 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3470
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 112)
HSL	hsl(266, 37%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 54%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 53.6%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.42, 25.31, -30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.42, 39.69, 309.62°)
OKLab	oklab(38.48% 0.0535 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(38.48% 0.101 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.2938, 5.2455, 15.9543)
Luminance	0.0525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3470 #567034

analogous

#343870 #4E3470 #6C3470

triadic

#4E3470 #704E34 #34704E

tetradic

#4E3470 #703438 #567034 #34706C

square

#4E3470 #703438 #567034 #34706C

split-complementary

#4E3470 #706C34 #387034

monochromatic

#140D1C #312146 #4E3470 #6B479A #8A66B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#4E3470 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4E3470 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3470

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3470	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3470	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#204072

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27416F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3470;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.101 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826c99',
    500: '#4e3470',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3470;
$custom-light: #826c99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3470",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38482,
    "c": 0.10128,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3470

secondary

#84A05F

accent

#CD5B9B

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3470

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

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