#4E3091#4E3091

#4E3091 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.152 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3091
RGB	rgb(78, 48, 145)
HSL	hsl(259, 50%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 67%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 66.9%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.84, 37.18, -48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.84, 61.48, 307.21°)
OKLab	oklab(40.27% 0.058 -0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(40.27% 0.152 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3083, 5.7776, 27.4073)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3091 #739130

analogous

#304291 #4E3091 #7E3091

triadic

#4E3091 #914E30 #30914E

tetradic

#4E3091 #913042 #739130 #30917E

square

#4E3091 #913042 #739130 #30917E

split-complementary

#4E3091 #917E30 #429130

monochromatic

#1D1235 #352163 #4E3091 #673FBF #8B6DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#4E3091 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E3091 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3091

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3091	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3091	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A475C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3091;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 48, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.152 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856ab2',
    500: '#4e3091',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3091;
$custom-light: #856ab2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3091",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.557,
    "s": 50.259,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40267,
    "c": 0.15155,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3091

secondary

#9EB667

accent

#DA4EAF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3091

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

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