#4E3095#4E3095

#4E3095 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.157 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3095
RGB	rgb(78, 48, 149)
HSL	hsl(258, 51%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 68%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 67.8%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.17, 38.35, -50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.17, 63.72, 307.00°)
OKLab	oklab(40.6% 0.0574 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(40.6% 0.157 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.6221, 5.9032, 29.0604)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3095 #779530

analogous

#304495 #4E3095 #803095

triadic

#4E3095 #954E30 #30954E

tetradic

#4E3095 #953044 #779530 #309580

square

#4E3095 #953044 #779530 #309580

split-complementary

#4E3095 #958030 #449530

monochromatic

#1E1238 #362167 #4E3095 #6741C2 #8C6FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#4E3095 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E3095 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3095

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3095	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3095	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004393

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38495E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3095;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 48, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.157 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866ab5',
    500: '#4e3095',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3095;
$custom-light: #866ab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3095",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.822,
    "s": 51.269,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.406,
    "c": 0.15662,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3095

secondary

#A1B869

accent

#DB4DB1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3095

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

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