#4E3196#4E3196

#4E3196 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.157 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3196
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 150)
HSL	hsl(257, 51%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 67%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 67.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.46, 38.07, -51.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.46, 63.67, 306.72°)
OKLab	oklab(40.84% 0.0562 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(40.84% 0.157 291)
XYZ	xyz(9.7437, 6.0180, 29.4964)
Luminance	0.0602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3196 #799631

analogous

#314796 #4E3196 #813196

triadic

#4E3196 #964E31 #31964E

tetradic

#4E3196 #963147 #799631 #319681

square

#4E3196 #963147 #799631 #319681

split-complementary

#4E3196 #968131 #479631

monochromatic

#1E133A #362268 #4E3196 #6743C1 #8C71D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.53

#4E3196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4E3196 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3196

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3196	1.00	9.53	2.20	9.53
#FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.157 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866bb6',
    500: '#4e3196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3196;
$custom-light: #866bb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.228,
    "s": 50.754,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40835,
    "c": 0.15657,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.06018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3196

secondary

#A2B86A

accent

#DA4EB2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3196

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

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