#4E3574#4E3574

#4E3574 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.105 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3574
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 116)
HSL	hsl(264, 37%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 54%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 54.3%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.92, 25.79, -32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.92, 41.36, 308.58°)
OKLab	oklab(38.93% 0.0523 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(38.93% 0.105 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5666, 5.4268, 17.1684)
Luminance	0.0543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3574 #5B7435

analogous

#353B74 #4E3574 #6D3574

triadic

#4E3574 #744E35 #35744E

tetradic

#4E3574 #74353B #5B7435 #35746D

square

#4E3574 #74353B #5B7435 #35746D

split-complementary

#4E3574 #746D35 #3B7435

monochromatic

#160F20 #32224A #4E3574 #6A489E #8969BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.07

#4E3574 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4E3574 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3574

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3574	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3574	1.00	10.07	2.09	10.07
#FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E4276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#254172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46414F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3574;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.105 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826d9c',
    500: '#4e3574',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3574;
$custom-light: #826d9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3574",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.81,
    "s": 37.278,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3893,
    "c": 0.10512,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3574

secondary

#89A362

accent

#CD5BA0

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3574

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

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