#4E3772#4E3772

#4E3772 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.099 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3772
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 114)
HSL	hsl(263, 35%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(263, 52%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 51.8%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.29, 23.97, -30.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.29, 38.76, 308.20°)
OKLab	oklab(39.17% 0.0492 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(39.17% 0.099 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5446, 5.5669, 16.5934)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3772 #5B7237

analogous

#373D72 #4E3772 #6B3772

triadic

#4E3772 #724E37 #37724E

tetradic

#4E3772 #72373D #5B7237 #37726B

square

#4E3772 #72373D #5B7237 #37726B

split-complementary

#4E3772 #726B37 #3D7237

monochromatic

#160F1F #322349 #4E3772 #6A4B9B #896CB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#4E3772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E3772 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3772

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3772	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#244374

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#294271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47424F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.099 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816e9b',
    500: '#4e3772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3772;
$custom-light: #816e9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.39,
    "s": 34.911,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39169,
    "c": 0.09883,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3772

secondary

#89A164

accent

#CB5DA0

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFECF2

border

#CAC7CC

text

#0A070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3772

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

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