#4E3097#4E3097

#4E3097 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.159 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3097
RGB	rgb(78, 48, 151)
HSL	hsl(257, 52%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 68%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 68.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.33, 38.93, -51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.33, 64.84, 306.90°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% 0.0571 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.159 291)
XYZ	xyz(9.7832, 5.9676, 29.9085)
Luminance	0.0597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3097 #799730

analogous

#304697 #4E3097 #823097

triadic

#4E3097 #974E30 #30974E

tetradic

#4E3097 #973046 #799730 #309782

square

#4E3097 #973046 #799730 #309782

split-complementary

#4E3097 #978230 #469730

monochromatic

#1E123A #362169 #4E3097 #6741C3 #8C70D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.57

#4E3097 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E3097 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3097

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3097	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3097	1.00	9.57	2.19	9.57
#FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37495F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3097;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 48, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.159 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866ab6',
    500: '#4e3097',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3097;
$custom-light: #866ab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3097",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.476,
    "s": 51.759,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40769,
    "c": 0.15914,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.05968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3097

secondary

#A2B96A

accent

#DB4DB2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3097

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

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