#4E3982#4E3982

#4E3982 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.118 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3982
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 130)
HSL	hsl(257, 39%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(257, 56%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 56.2%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.81, 27.32, -38.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.81, 46.89, 305.63°)
OKLab	oklab(40.62% 0.0476 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(40.62% 0.118 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6332, 6.1575, 21.8484)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3982 #6D8239

analogous

#394982 #4E3982 #733982

triadic

#4E3982 #824E39 #39824E

tetradic

#4E3982 #823949 #6D8239 #398273

square

#4E3982 #823949 #6D8239 #398273

split-complementary

#4E3982 #827339 #498239

monochromatic

#1B142D #342657 #4E3982 #684CAD #8A74C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#4E3982 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E3982 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3982

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3982	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3982	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#184784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D4580

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414858

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3982;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.118 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8370a7',
    500: '#4e3982',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3982;
$custom-light: #8370a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3982",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.26,
    "s": 39.037,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40622,
    "c": 0.11812,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3982

secondary

#99AB6C

accent

#CF59AD

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3982

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

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