#4E3569#4E3569

#4E3569 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.090 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3569
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 105)
HSL	hsl(269, 33%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 50%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 49.5%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.26, 22.77, -26.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.26, 34.83, 310.83°)
OKLab	oklab(38.22% 0.0511 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(38.22% 0.09 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9643, 5.1859, 13.9959)
Luminance	0.0519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3569 #506935

analogous

#353669 #4E3569 #683569

triadic

#4E3569 #694E35 #35694E

tetradic

#4E3569 #693536 #506935 #356968

square

#4E3569 #693536 #506935 #356968

split-complementary

#4E3569 #696835 #366935

monochromatic

#120C18 #302040 #4E3569 #6C4A92 #8B66B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#4E3569 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4E3569 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3569

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3569	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3569	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27406B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D4068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3E4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3569;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.090 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816d94',
    500: '#4e3569',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3569;
$custom-light: #816d94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3569",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.846,
    "s": 32.911,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38224,
    "c": 0.08969,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3569

secondary

#7E9A60

accent

#C95F96

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A070D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3569

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

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