#4E3775#4E3775

#4E3775 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.103 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3775
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 117)
HSL	hsl(262, 36%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 53%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 53%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.48, 24.81, -32.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.48, 40.55, 307.73°)
OKLab	oklab(39.37% 0.0495 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(39.37% 0.103 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7182, 5.6364, 17.5075)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 11.05

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3775 #5E7537

analogous

#373F75 #4E3775 #6D3775

triadic

#4E3775 #754E37 #37754E

tetradic

#4E3775 #75373F #5E7537 #37756D

square

#4E3775 #75373F #5E7537 #37756D

split-complementary

#4E3775 #756D37 #3F7537

monochromatic

#161022 #32234B #4E3775 #6A4B9F #896CBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#4E3775 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E3775 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3775

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3775	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3775	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#214377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#274374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464350

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3775;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.103 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826e9d',
    500: '#4e3775',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3775;
$custom-light: #826e9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3775",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.258,
    "s": 36.047,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39365,
    "c": 0.10309,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3775

secondary

#8CA365

accent

#CC5CA2

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFECF2

border

#CAC7CC

text

#0B070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3775

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

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