#4E3478#4E3478

#4E3478 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.112 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3478
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 120)
HSL	hsl(263, 40%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 57%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 56.7%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.93, 27.54, -34.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.93, 44.41, 308.33°)
OKLab	oklab(39.02% 0.054 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(39.02% 0.112 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7592, 5.4317, 18.4053)
Luminance	0.0543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3478 #5E7834

analogous

#343C78 #4E3478 #703478

triadic

#4E3478 #784E34 #34784E

tetradic

#4E3478 #78343C #5E7834 #347870

square

#4E3478 #78343C #5E7834 #347870

split-complementary

#4E3478 #787034 #3C7834

monochromatic

#160F23 #32214D #4E3478 #6A47A3 #8969BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.07

#4E3478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4E3478 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3478

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3478	1.00	10.07	2.09	10.07
#FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#18427A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204176

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.112 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826c9f',
    500: '#4e3478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3478;
$custom-light: #826c9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.941,
    "s": 39.535,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39022,
    "c": 0.11236,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3478

secondary

#8CA662

accent

#CF58A2

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3478

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

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