#4E3872#4E3872

#4E3872 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.097 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3872
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 114)
HSL	hsl(263, 34%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(263, 51%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 50.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.55, 23.33, -30.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.55, 38.05, 307.82°)
OKLab	oklab(39.36% 0.0477 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(39.36% 0.097 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.5926, 5.6629, 16.6094)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3872 #5C7238

analogous

#383F72 #4E3872 #6B3872

triadic

#4E3872 #724E38 #38724E

tetradic

#4E3872 #72383F #5C7238 #38726B

square

#4E3872 #72383F #5C7238 #38726B

split-complementary

#4E3872 #726B38 #3F7238

monochromatic

#161020 #322449 #4E3872 #6A4C9B #896DB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#4E3872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E3872 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3872

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3872	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#254374

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B4371

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47434F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.097 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816f9b',
    500: '#4e3872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3872;
$custom-light: #816f9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.759,
    "s": 34.118,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39358,
    "c": 0.09706,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3872

secondary

#8AA165

accent

#CA5EA1

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFECF2

border

#CAC7CC

text

#0A070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3872

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

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