#4E3771#4E3771

#4E3771 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.097 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3771
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 113)
HSL	hsl(264, 35%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 51%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 51.3%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.23, 23.69, -29.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.23, 38.16, 308.37°)
OKLab	oklab(39.1% 0.0491 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(39.1% 0.097 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4880, 5.5443, 16.2952)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3771 #5A7137

analogous

#373D71 #4E3771 #6B3771

triadic

#4E3771 #714E37 #37714E

tetradic

#4E3771 #71373D #5A7137 #37716B

square

#4E3771 #71373D #5A7137 #37716B

split-complementary

#4E3771 #716B37 #3D7137

monochromatic

#150F1F #322348 #4E3771 #6A4B9A #896BB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#4E3771 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E3771 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3771

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3771	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3771	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#244273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A4270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47424E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3771;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.097 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816e9a',
    500: '#4e3771',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3771;
$custom-light: #816e9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3771",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.793,
    "s": 34.524,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39104,
    "c": 0.0974,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3771

secondary

#88A064

accent

#CB5D9F

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFECF2

border

#CAC7CC

text

#0A070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3771

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

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