#4E3D79#4E3D79

#4E3D79 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.099 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3D79
RGB	rgb(78, 61, 121)
HSL	hsl(257, 33%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(257, 50%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 49.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.25, 22.13, -31.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.25, 38.72, 304.86°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% 0.0412 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.099 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2609, 6.3375, 18.8735)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3D79 #68793D

analogous

#3D4A79 #4E3D79 #6C3D79

triadic

#4E3D79 #794E3D #3D794E

tetradic

#4E3D79 #793D4A #68793D #3D796C

square

#4E3D79 #793D4A #68793D #3D796C

split-complementary

#4E3D79 #796C3D #4A793D

monochromatic

#1A1428 #342850 #4E3D79 #6852A2 #8A76BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#4E3D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E3D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3D79

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3D79	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#28487B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B4678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 61, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.099 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8273a0',
    500: '#4e3d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3d79;
$custom-light: #8273a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257,
    "s": 32.967,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40768,
    "c": 0.09856,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3D79

secondary

#95A46E

accent

#C95FAB

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFECF2

border

#CAC7CC

text

#0B080E

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3D79

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

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