#4E3096#4E3096

#4E3096 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.158 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3096
RGB	rgb(78, 48, 150)
HSL	hsl(258, 52%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 68%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 68%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.25, 38.64, -51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.25, 64.28, 306.95°)
OKLab	oklab(40.68% 0.0573 -0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(40.68% 0.158 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.7023, 5.9353, 29.4827)
Luminance	0.0594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3096 #789630

analogous

#304596 #4E3096 #813096

triadic

#4E3096 #964E30 #30964E

tetradic

#4E3096 #963045 #789630 #309681

square

#4E3096 #963045 #789630 #309681

split-complementary

#4E3096 #968130 #459630

monochromatic

#1E1239 #362168 #4E3096 #6741C2 #8C6FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#4E3096 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E3096 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3096

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3096	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3096	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37495F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3096;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 48, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.158 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866ab6',
    500: '#4e3096',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3096;
$custom-light: #866ab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3096",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40684,
    "c": 0.15789,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3096

secondary

#A1B969

accent

#DB4DB1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3096

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

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