#4E3970#4E3970

#4E3970 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.092 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3970
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 112)
HSL	hsl(263, 33%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(263, 49%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 49.1%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.68, 22.13, -28.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.68, 36.14, 307.76°)
OKLab	oklab(39.42% 0.0459 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(39.42% 0.092 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5290, 5.7158, 16.0327)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3970 #5B7039

analogous

#393F70 #4E3970 #693970

triadic

#4E3970 #704E39 #39704E

tetradic

#4E3970 #70393F #5B7039 #397069

square

#4E3970 #70393F #5B7039 #397069

split-complementary

#4E3970 #706939 #3F7039

monochromatic

#16101F #322447 #4E3970 #6A4E99 #896EB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#4E3970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E3970 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3970

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3970	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#284472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D436F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47434F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.092 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817099',
    500: '#4e3970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3970;
$custom-light: #817099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.909,
    "s": 32.544,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39423,
    "c": 0.09242,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3970

secondary

#899F66

accent

#C95FA0

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFECF2

border

#CAC7CC

text

#0A070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3970

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

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