#4E3780#4E3780

#4E3780 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.119 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3780
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 128)
HSL	hsl(259, 40%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 57%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 57%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.19, 27.98, -37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.19, 47.08, 306.47°)
OKLab	oklab(40.12% 0.0502 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(40.12% 0.119 295)
XYZ	xyz(8.4033, 5.9104, 21.1160)
Luminance	0.0591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3780 #698037

analogous

#374480 #4E3780 #723780

triadic

#4E3780 #804E37 #37804E

tetradic

#4E3780 #803744 #698037 #378072

square

#4E3780 #803744 #698037 #378072

split-complementary

#4E3780 #807237 #448037

monochromatic

#1A122A #342555 #4E3780 #6849AB #8A70C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#4E3780 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E3780 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3780

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3780	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3780	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#154582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C447E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3780;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.119 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836ea5',
    500: '#4e3780',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3780;
$custom-light: #836ea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3780",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.904,
    "s": 39.891,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4012,
    "c": 0.11854,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.05911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3780

secondary

#96AA69

accent

#D058AA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3780

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

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