#4E3873#4E3873

#4E3873 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.099 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3873
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 115)
HSL	hsl(262, 35%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 51%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 51.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.61, 23.61, -30.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.61, 38.65, 307.66°)
OKLab	oklab(39.42% 0.0478 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(39.42% 0.099 299)
XYZ	xyz(7.6498, 5.6858, 16.9108)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3873 #5D7338

analogous

#383F73 #4E3873 #6B3873

triadic

#4E3873 #734E38 #38734E

tetradic

#4E3873 #73383F #5D7338 #38736B

square

#4E3873 #73383F #5D7338 #38736B

split-complementary

#4E3873 #736B38 #3F7338

monochromatic

#161021 #32244A #4E3873 #6A4C9C #896DB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#4E3873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E3873 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3873

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3873	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#254375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A4372

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464350

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.099 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826f9b',
    500: '#4e3873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3873;
$custom-light: #826f9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.373,
    "s": 34.503,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39422,
    "c": 0.0985,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.05686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3873

secondary

#8BA166

accent

#CB5DA2

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFECF2

border

#CAC7CC

text

#0A070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3873

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

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