#4E3098#4E3098

#4E3098 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.160 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3098
RGB	rgb(78, 48, 152)
HSL	hsl(257, 52%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 68%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 68.4%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.41, 39.23, -52.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.41, 65.40, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(40.85% 0.057 -0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(40.85% 0.16 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.8647, 6.0002, 30.3381)
Luminance	0.0600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.33

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3098 #7A9830

analogous

#304698 #4E3098 #823098

triadic

#4E3098 #984E30 #30984E

tetradic

#4E3098 #983046 #7A9830 #309882

square

#4E3098 #983046 #7A9830 #309882

split-complementary

#4E3098 #988230 #469830

monochromatic

#1E133B #362169 #4E3098 #6742C3 #8D70D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#4E3098 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4E3098 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3098

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3098	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3098	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3098;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 48, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.160 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866ab7',
    500: '#4e3098',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3098;
$custom-light: #866ab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3098",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.308,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40854,
    "c": 0.1604,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3098

secondary

#A3BA6A

accent

#DB4CB2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3098

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

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