#4E3480#4E3480

#4E3480 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.123 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3480
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 128)
HSL	hsl(261, 42%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 59%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 59.4%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.47, 29.84, -39.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.47, 49.11, 307.41°)
OKLab	oklab(39.59% 0.0542 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(39.59% 0.123 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2652, 5.6340, 21.0699)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3480 #668034

analogous

#344080 #4E3480 #743480

triadic

#4E3480 #804E34 #34804E

tetradic

#4E3480 #803440 #668034 #348074

square

#4E3480 #803440 #668034 #348074

split-complementary

#4E3480 #807434 #408034

monochromatic

#191129 #332254 #4E3480 #6946AC #896BC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#4E3480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E3480 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3480

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3480	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C4483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17427E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.123 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836ca5',
    500: '#4e3480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3480;
$custom-light: #836ca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.526,
    "s": 42.222,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39592,
    "c": 0.12331,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3480

secondary

#93AB65

accent

#D256A8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3480

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

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