#4E3575#4E3575

#4E3575 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.107 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3575
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 117)
HSL	hsl(263, 38%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(263, 55%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 54.7%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.98, 26.07, -32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.98, 41.95, 308.43°)
OKLab	oklab(39% 0.0524 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(39% 0.107 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6251, 5.4502, 17.4764)
Luminance	0.0545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3575 #5C7535

analogous

#353C75 #4E3575 #6E3575

triadic

#4E3575 #754E35 #35754E

tetradic

#4E3575 #75353C #5C7535 #35756E

square

#4E3575 #75353C #5C7535 #35756E

split-complementary

#4E3575 #756E35 #3C7535

monochromatic

#160F21 #32224B #4E3575 #6A489F #8969BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#4E3575 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4E3575 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3575

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3575	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3575	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D4277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#254273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46414F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3575;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.107 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826d9d',
    500: '#4e3575',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3575;
$custom-light: #826d9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3575",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.438,
    "s": 37.647,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38997,
    "c": 0.10652,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3575

secondary

#8AA462

accent

#CE5AA1

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3575

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

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