#4E3576#4E3576

#4E3576 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.108 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3576
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 118)
HSL	hsl(263, 38%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 55%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 55.1%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.04, 26.36, -33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.04, 42.54, 308.28°)
OKLab	oklab(39.06% 0.0525 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(39.06% 0.108 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.6842, 5.4738, 17.7877)
Luminance	0.0547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3576 #5D7635

analogous

#353C76 #4E3576 #6E3576

triadic

#4E3576 #764E35 #35764E

tetradic

#4E3576 #76353C #5D7635 #35766E

square

#4E3576 #76353C #5D7635 #35766E

split-complementary

#4E3576 #766E35 #3C7635

monochromatic

#160F22 #32224C #4E3576 #6A48A0 #896ABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.02

#4E3576 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4E3576 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3576

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3576	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3576	1.00	10.02	2.09	10.02
#FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D4278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#244274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3576;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.108 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826d9e',
    500: '#4e3576',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3576;
$custom-light: #826d9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3576",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 38.012,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39064,
    "c": 0.10791,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3576

secondary

#8BA463

accent

#CE5AA1

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3576

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

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