#4E3479#4E3479

#4E3479 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.114 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3479
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 121)
HSL	hsl(263, 40%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 57%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 57%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.00, 27.83, -35.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.00, 45.00, 308.20°)
OKLab	oklab(39.09% 0.0541 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(39.09% 0.114 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8202, 5.4561, 18.7266)
Luminance	0.0546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3479 #5F7934

analogous

#343D79 #4E3479 #713479

triadic

#4E3479 #794E34 #34794E

tetradic

#4E3479 #79343D #5F7934 #347971

square

#4E3479 #79343D #5F7934 #347971

split-complementary

#4E3479 #797134 #3D7934

monochromatic

#170F23 #32224E #4E3479 #6A46A4 #8969BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.04

#4E3479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4E3479 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3479

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3479	1.00	10.04	2.09	10.04
#FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#17427B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F4177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.114 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826ca0',
    500: '#4e3479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3479;
$custom-light: #826ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.609,
    "s": 39.884,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39092,
    "c": 0.11374,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3479

secondary

#8DA762

accent

#D058A3

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3479

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

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