#4E3090#4E3090

#4E3090 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.150 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3090
RGB	rgb(78, 48, 144)
HSL	hsl(259, 50%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 67%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 66.7%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.76, 36.88, -48.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.76, 60.91, 307.27°)
OKLab	oklab(40.18% 0.0581 -0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(40.18% 0.15 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.2315, 5.7469, 27.0030)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3090 #729030

analogous

#304290 #4E3090 #7E3090

triadic

#4E3090 #904E30 #30904E

tetradic

#4E3090 #903042 #729030 #30907E

square

#4E3090 #903042 #729030 #30907E

split-complementary

#4E3090 #907E30 #429030

monochromatic

#1C1134 #352162 #4E3090 #673FBE #8B6CCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#4E3090 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4E3090 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3090

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3090	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3090	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B475B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3090;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 48, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.150 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856ab1',
    500: '#4e3090',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3090;
$custom-light: #856ab1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3090",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40184,
    "c": 0.15027,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3090

secondary

#9DB566

accent

#DA4EAE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3090

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

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