#4E3E71#4E3E71

#4E3E71 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.085 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3E71
RGB	rgb(78, 62, 113)
HSL	hsl(259, 29%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(259, 45%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 45.1%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.05, 19.19, -27.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.05, 33.16, 305.36°)
OKLab	oklab(40.47% 0.0384 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(40.47% 0.085 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8444, 6.2571, 16.4140)
Luminance	0.0626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3E71 #61713E

analogous

#3E4871 #4E3E71 #683E71

triadic

#4E3E71 #714E3E #3E714E

tetradic

#4E3E71 #713E48 #61713E #3E7168

square

#4E3E71 #713E48 #61713E #3E7168

split-complementary

#4E3E71 #71683E #48713E

monochromatic

#171322 #332849 #4E3E71 #695499 #8976B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#4E3E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4E3E71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3E71

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3E71	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F4773

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#324670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 62, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.085 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81739a',
    500: '#4e3e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3e71;
$custom-light: #81739a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.824,
    "s": 29.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4047,
    "c": 0.08495,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3E71

secondary

#8F9E6D

accent

#C562A6

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#EFEDF2

border

#CAC8CC

text

#0A080E

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3E71

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

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