#4E3572#4E3572

#4E3572 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.102 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3572
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 114)
HSL	hsl(265, 37%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 54%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 53.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.79, 25.23, -31.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.79, 40.17, 308.91°)
OKLab	oklab(38.8% 0.0522 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(38.8% 0.102 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4515, 5.3808, 16.5623)
Luminance	0.0538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3572 #597235

analogous

#353A72 #4E3572 #6C3572

triadic

#4E3572 #724E35 #35724E

tetradic

#4E3572 #72353A #597235 #35726C

square

#4E3572 #72353A #597235 #35726C

split-complementary

#4E3572 #726C35 #3A7235

monochromatic

#150E1E #312248 #4E3572 #6B489C #8968B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11

#4E3572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4E3572 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3572

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3572	1.00	10.11	2.08	10.11
#FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#204174

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#274171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47404E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.102 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826d9b',
    500: '#4e3572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3572;
$custom-light: #826d9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.59,
    "s": 36.527,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38797,
    "c": 0.10233,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3572

secondary

#87A261

accent

#CD5B9E

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3572

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

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