#4E3099#4E3099

#4E3099 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.162 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3099
RGB	rgb(78, 48, 153)
HSL	hsl(257, 52%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 69%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 68.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.50, 39.52, -52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.50, 65.96, 306.81°)
OKLab	oklab(40.94% 0.0568 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(40.94% 0.162 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.9470, 6.0331, 30.7712)
Luminance	0.0603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.19

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3099 #7B9930

analogous

#304799 #4E3099 #833099

triadic

#4E3099 #994E30 #30994E

tetradic

#4E3099 #993047 #7B9930 #309983

square

#4E3099 #993047 #7B9930 #309983

split-complementary

#4E3099 #998330 #479930

monochromatic

#1F133C #36216A #4E3099 #6742C4 #8D71D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.52

#4E3099 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E3099 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3099

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3099	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3099	1.00	9.52	2.21	9.52
#FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3099;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 48, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.162 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876ab8',
    500: '#4e3099',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3099;
$custom-light: #876ab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3099",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 52.239,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40939,
    "c": 0.16165,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3099

secondary

#A3BA6B

accent

#DC4CB3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3099

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

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