#4E3571#4E3571

#4E3571 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.101 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3571
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 113)
HSL	hsl(265, 36%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 53%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 53.1%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.73, 24.95, -30.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.73, 39.58, 309.09°)
OKLab	oklab(38.73% 0.0521 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(38.73% 0.101 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3949, 5.3581, 16.2642)
Luminance	0.0536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 10.62

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3571 #587135

analogous

#353A71 #4E3571 #6C3571

triadic

#4E3571 #714E35 #35714E

tetradic

#4E3571 #71353A #587135 #35716C

square

#4E3571 #71353A #587135 #35716C

split-complementary

#4E3571 #716C35 #3A7135

monochromatic

#140E1E #312147 #4E3571 #6B499B #8A68B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.14

#4E3571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4E3571 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3571

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3571	1.00	10.14	2.07	10.14
#FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#214173

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#284170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47404D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.101 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826d9a',
    500: '#4e3571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3571;
$custom-light: #826d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 36.145,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38731,
    "c": 0.10092,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3571

secondary

#86A161

accent

#CC5C9D

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3571

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

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