#4E3578#4E3578

#4E3578 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.111 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3578
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 120)
HSL	hsl(262, 39%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 56%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 55.8%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.17, 26.92, -34.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.17, 43.72, 308.00°)
OKLab	oklab(39.2% 0.0526 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(39.2% 0.111 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8043, 5.5219, 18.4203)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3578 #5F7835

analogous

#353E78 #4E3578 #703578

triadic

#4E3578 #784E35 #35784E

tetradic

#4E3578 #78353E #5F7835 #357870

square

#4E3578 #78353E #5F7835 #357870

split-complementary

#4E3578 #787035 #3E7835

monochromatic

#171023 #32224E #4E3578 #6A48A2 #896ABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#4E3578 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4E3578 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3578

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3578	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3578	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A437A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#224276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3578;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.111 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826d9f',
    500: '#4e3578',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3578;
$custom-light: #826d9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3578",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.388,
    "s": 38.728,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39201,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3578

secondary

#8DA663

accent

#CF59A3

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3578

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

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