#4E3190#4E3190

#4E3190 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.149 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3190
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 144)
HSL	hsl(258, 49%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 66%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 66%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.98, 36.30, -48.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.98, 60.28, 307.03°)
OKLab	oklab(40.34% 0.057 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(40.34% 0.149 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.2729, 5.8297, 27.0168)
Luminance	0.0583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3190 #739031

analogous

#314390 #4E3190 #7D3190

triadic

#4E3190 #904E31 #31904E

tetradic

#4E3190 #903143 #739031 #31907D

square

#4E3190 #903143 #739031 #31907D

split-complementary

#4E3190 #907D31 #439031

monochromatic

#1D1235 #352162 #4E3190 #6741BE #8B6ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#4E3190 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E3190 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3190

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3190	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3190	1.00	9.70	2.17	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B475C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3190;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.149 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856bb1',
    500: '#4e3190',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3190;
$custom-light: #856bb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3190",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.316,
    "s": 49.223,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40339,
    "c": 0.1489,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3190

secondary

#9EB568

accent

#D94FAF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3190

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

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