#4E3F79#4E3F79

#4E3F79 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.095 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3F79
RGB	rgb(78, 63, 121)
HSL	hsl(256, 32%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(256, 48%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 47.9%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.77, 20.85, -30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.77, 37.31, 303.97°)
OKLab	oklab(41.16% 0.0383 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(41.16% 0.095 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3697, 6.5550, 18.9097)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3F79 #6A793F

analogous

#3F4D79 #4E3F79 #6B3F79

triadic

#4E3F79 #794E3F #3F794E

tetradic

#4E3F79 #793F4D #6A793F #3F796B

square

#4E3F79 #793F4D #6A793F #3F796B

split-complementary

#4E3F79 #796B3F #4D793F

monochromatic

#1A1529 #342A51 #4E3F79 #6854A1 #8A79B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#4E3F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E3F79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3F79

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3F79	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C497B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E4778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 63, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.095 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8274a0',
    500: '#4e3f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3f79;
$custom-light: #8274a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.517,
    "s": 31.522,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41161,
    "c": 0.09516,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3F79

secondary

#96A470

accent

#C860AD

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#EFEDF2

border

#CAC8CC

text

#0A080E

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3F79

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

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