#4E3477#4E3477

#4E3477 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.111 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3477
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 119)
HSL	hsl(263, 39%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 56%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 56.3%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.87, 27.26, -34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.87, 43.82, 308.47°)
OKLab	oklab(38.95% 0.054 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(38.95% 0.111 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.6988, 5.4075, 18.0873)
Luminance	0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3477 #5D7734

analogous

#343B77 #4E3477 #6F3477

triadic

#4E3477 #774E34 #34774E

tetradic

#4E3477 #77343B #5D7734 #34776F

square

#4E3477 #77343B #5D7734 #34776F

split-complementary

#4E3477 #776F34 #3B7734

monochromatic

#160F22 #32214C #4E3477 #6A47A2 #8968BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#4E3477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4E3477 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3477

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3477	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#194279

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#214175

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.111 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826c9f',
    500: '#4e3477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3477;
$custom-light: #826c9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.284,
    "s": 39.181,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38953,
    "c": 0.11099,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3477

secondary

#8BA561

accent

#CF59A1

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3477

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

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