#4E3577#4E3577

#4E3577 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.109 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3577
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 119)
HSL	hsl(263, 38%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 55%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 55.5%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.11, 26.64, -33.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.11, 43.13, 308.14°)
OKLab	oklab(39.13% 0.0525 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(39.13% 0.109 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7440, 5.4977, 18.1024)
Luminance	0.0550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3577 #5E7735

analogous

#353D77 #4E3577 #6F3577

triadic

#4E3577 #774E35 #35774E

tetradic

#4E3577 #77353D #5E7735 #35776F

square

#4E3577 #77353D #5E7735 #35776F

split-complementary

#4E3577 #776F35 #3D7735

monochromatic

#160F22 #32224D #4E3577 #6A48A1 #896ABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.00

#4E3577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4E3577 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3577

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3577	1.00	10.00	2.10	10.00
#FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B4279

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#234275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.109 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826d9f',
    500: '#4e3577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3577;
$custom-light: #826d9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.727,
    "s": 38.372,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39133,
    "c": 0.10931,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3577

secondary

#8CA563

accent

#CE59A2

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3577

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

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