#4E3188#4E3188

#4E3188 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.139 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3188
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 136)
HSL	hsl(260, 47%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(260, 64%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 64%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.36, 33.97, -44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.36, 55.72, 307.56°)
OKLab	oklab(39.7% 0.0577 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(39.7% 0.139 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6829, 5.5937, 23.9100)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3188 #6B8831

analogous

#314088 #4E3188 #7A3188

triadic

#4E3188 #884E31 #31884E

tetradic

#4E3188 #883140 #6B8831 #31887A

square

#4E3188 #883140 #6B8831 #31887A

split-complementary

#4E3188 #887A31 #408831

monochromatic

#1A112E #34215B #4E3188 #6841B5 #8A6AC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#4E3188 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E3188 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3188

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3188	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3188	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004186

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3188;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.139 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846bab',
    500: '#4e3188',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3188;
$custom-light: #846bab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3188",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 47.027,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39699,
    "c": 0.13853,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3188

secondary

#97B164

accent

#D751AA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3188

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

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