#4E3870#4E3870

#4E3870 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.094 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3870
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 112)
HSL	hsl(264, 33%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(264, 50%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 50%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.43, 22.77, -28.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.43, 36.85, 308.16°)
OKLab	oklab(39.23% 0.0474 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(39.23% 0.094 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4800, 5.6179, 16.0164)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3870 #5A7038

analogous

#383E70 #4E3870 #6A3870

triadic

#4E3870 #704E38 #38704E

tetradic

#4E3870 #70383E #5A7038 #38706A

square

#4E3870 #70383E #5A7038 #38706A

split-complementary

#4E3870 #706A38 #3E7038

monochromatic

#150F1E #322447 #4E3870 #6A4C99 #896DB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#4E3870 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E3870 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3870

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3870	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3870	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#274372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C436F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47424E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3870;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.094 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816f99',
    500: '#4e3870',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3870;
$custom-light: #816f99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3870",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.571,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39231,
    "c": 0.0942,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3870

secondary

#889F65

accent

#C95E9F

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFECF2

border

#CAC7CC

text

#0A070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3870

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

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