#4E3979#4E3979

#4E3979 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.105 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3979
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 121)
HSL	hsl(260, 36%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(260, 53%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 52.9%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.23, 24.69, -33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.23, 41.54, 306.47°)
OKLab	oklab(40% 0.047 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(40% 0.105 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0553, 5.9263, 18.8049)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3979 #647939

analogous

#394479 #4E3979 #6E3979

triadic

#4E3979 #794E39 #39794E

tetradic

#4E3979 #793944 #647939 #39796E

square

#4E3979 #793944 #647939 #39796E

split-complementary

#4E3979 #796E39 #447939

monochromatic

#181226 #33254F #4E3979 #694DA3 #8971BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#4E3979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E3979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3979

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3979	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21457B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#264477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.105 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8270a0',
    500: '#4e3979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3979;
$custom-light: #8270a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.688,
    "s": 35.955,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40004,
    "c": 0.10537,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3979

secondary

#91A569

accent

#CC5CA7

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFECF2

border

#CAC7CC

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3979

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

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