#4E3198#4E3198

#4E3198 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.159 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3198
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 152)
HSL	hsl(257, 51%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 68%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 67.8%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.62, 38.66, -51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.62, 64.79, 306.63°)
OKLab	oklab(41% 0.056 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(41% 0.159 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.9061, 6.0829, 30.3519)
Luminance	0.0608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3198 #7B9831

analogous

#314898 #4E3198 #823198

triadic

#4E3198 #984E31 #31984E

tetradic

#4E3198 #983148 #7B9831 #319882

square

#4E3198 #983148 #7B9831 #319882

split-complementary

#4E3198 #988231 #489831

monochromatic

#1F133B #36226A #4E3198 #6744C3 #8D72D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#4E3198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4E3198 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3198

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3198	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.159 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866bb7',
    500: '#4e3198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3198;
$custom-light: #866bb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.893,
    "s": 51.244,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41003,
    "c": 0.1591,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3198

secondary

#A3B96B

accent

#DB4DB3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3198

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

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