#4E3770#4E3770

#4E3770 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.096 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3770
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 112)
HSL	hsl(264, 34%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 51%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 50.9%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.17, 23.41, -29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.17, 37.57, 308.55°)
OKLab	oklab(39.04% 0.049 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(39.04% 0.096 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4320, 5.5219, 16.0004)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3770 #597037

analogous

#373C70 #4E3770 #6B3770

triadic

#4E3770 #704E37 #37704E

tetradic

#4E3770 #70373C #597037 #37706B

square

#4E3770 #70373C #597037 #37706B

split-complementary

#4E3770 #706B37 #3C7037

monochromatic

#150F1E #312347 #4E3770 #6B4B99 #896BB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#4E3770 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4E3770 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3770

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3770	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3770	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)

#254272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B426F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47414E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3770;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.096 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816e99',
    500: '#4e3770',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3770;
$custom-light: #816e99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3770",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.211,
    "s": 34.132,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3904,
    "c": 0.09598,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3770

secondary

#879F63

accent

#CA5E9E

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFECF2

border

#CAC7CC

text

#0A070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3770

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

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