#4E3472#4E3472

#4E3472 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.104 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3472
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 114)
HSL	hsl(265, 37%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 54%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 54.4%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.55, 25.86, -31.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.55, 40.87, 309.25°)
OKLab	oklab(38.61% 0.0536 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(38.61% 0.104 301)
XYZ	xyz(7.4064, 5.2906, 16.5473)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3472 #587234

analogous

#343972 #4E3472 #6D3472

triadic

#4E3472 #724E34 #34724E

tetradic

#4E3472 #723439 #587234 #34726D

square

#4E3472 #723439 #587234 #34726D

split-complementary

#4E3472 #726D34 #397234

monochromatic

#140E1E #312148 #4E3472 #6B479C #8A67BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#4E3472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4E3472 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3472

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3472	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E4174

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#264171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47404E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.104 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826c9b',
    500: '#4e3472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3472;
$custom-light: #826c9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.161,
    "s": 37.349,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38614,
    "c": 0.10406,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.05291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3472

secondary

#86A260

accent

#CD5A9D

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3472

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

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