#4E3570#4E3570

#4E3570 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.100 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3570
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 112)
HSL	hsl(265, 36%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 53%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 52.7%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.67, 24.68, -30.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.67, 38.98, 309.27°)
OKLab	oklab(38.67% 0.052 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(38.67% 0.1 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3390, 5.3357, 15.9694)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 10.69

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3570 #577035

analogous

#353970 #4E3570 #6C3570

triadic

#4E3570 #704E35 #35704E

tetradic

#4E3570 #703539 #577035 #35706C

square

#4E3570 #703539 #577035 #35706C

split-complementary

#4E3570 #706C35 #397035

monochromatic

#140E1D #312146 #4E3570 #6B499A #8A68B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.16

#4E3570 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4E3570 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3570

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3570	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3570	1.00	10.16	2.07	10.16
#FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#224172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28416F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48404D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3570;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.100 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816d99',
    500: '#4e3570',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3570;
$custom-light: #816d99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3570",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.424,
    "s": 35.758,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38666,
    "c": 0.09952,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3570

secondary

#85A061

accent

#CC5C9C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3570

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

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