#4E3971#4E3971

#4E3971 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.094 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3971
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 113)
HSL	hsl(263, 33%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(263, 50%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 49.6%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.74, 22.41, -29.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.74, 36.74, 307.59°)
OKLab	oklab(39.49% 0.0461 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(39.49% 0.094 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.5849, 5.7382, 16.3276)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3971 #5C7139

analogous

#394071 #4E3971 #6A3971

triadic

#4E3971 #714E39 #39714E

tetradic

#4E3971 #713940 #5C7139 #39716A

square

#4E3971 #713940 #5C7139 #39716A

split-complementary

#4E3971 #716A39 #407139

monochromatic

#161020 #322448 #4E3971 #6A4E9A #896EB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#4E3971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4E3971 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3971

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3971	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#284473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C4370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47434F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.094 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81709a',
    500: '#4e3971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3971;
$custom-light: #81709a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 32.941,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39485,
    "c": 0.09386,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3971

secondary

#8AA066

accent

#C95FA1

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFECF2

border

#CAC7CC

text

#0A070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3971

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

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