#4E3973#4E3973

#4E3973 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.097 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3973
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 115)
HSL	hsl(262, 34%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 50%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 50.4%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.86, 22.98, -30.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.86, 37.94, 307.27°)
OKLab	oklab(39.61% 0.0463 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(39.61% 0.097 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6988, 5.7837, 16.9271)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3973 #5E7339

analogous

#394173 #4E3973 #6B3973

triadic

#4E3973 #734E39 #39734E

tetradic

#4E3973 #733941 #5E7339 #39736B

square

#4E3973 #733941 #5E7339 #39736B

split-complementary

#4E3973 #736B39 #417339

monochromatic

#161021 #32254A #4E3973 #6A4D9C #896FB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#4E3973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E3973 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3973

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3973	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#264475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B4472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464450

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.097 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81709b',
    500: '#4e3973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3973;
$custom-light: #81709b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.724,
    "s": 33.721,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39612,
    "c": 0.09675,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3973

secondary

#8CA167

accent

#CA5EA3

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFECF2

border

#CAC7CC

text

#0A070E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3973

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

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