#4E3871#4E3871

#4E3871 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.096 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3871
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 113)
HSL	hsl(263, 34%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(263, 50%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 50.4%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.49, 23.05, -29.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.49, 37.45, 307.99°)
OKLab	oklab(39.29% 0.0476 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(39.29% 0.096 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5360, 5.6403, 16.3112)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3871 #5B7138

analogous

#383E71 #4E3871 #6A3871

triadic

#4E3871 #714E38 #38714E

tetradic

#4E3871 #71383E #5B7138 #38716A

square

#4E3871 #71383E #5B7138 #38716A

split-complementary

#4E3871 #716A38 #3E7138

monochromatic

#160F1F #322448 #4E3871 #6A4C9A #896DB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#4E3871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E3871 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3871

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3871	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)

#264373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B4370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47424F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.096 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816f9a',
    500: '#4e3871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3871;
$custom-light: #816f9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.158,
    "s": 33.728,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39294,
    "c": 0.09563,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3871

secondary

#89A065

accent

#CA5EA0

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFECF2

border

#CAC7CC

text

#0A070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3871

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

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