#4E3199#4E3199

#4E3199 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.160 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3199
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 153)
HSL	hsl(257, 51%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 68%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 68%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.70, 38.96, -52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.70, 65.35, 306.59°)
OKLab	oklab(41.09% 0.0558 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(41.09% 0.16 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.9883, 6.1158, 30.7850)
Luminance	0.0612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.10

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3199 #7C9931

analogous

#314899 #4E3199 #823199

triadic

#4E3199 #994E31 #31994E

tetradic

#4E3199 #993148 #7C9931 #319982

square

#4E3199 #993148 #7C9931 #319982

split-complementary

#4E3199 #998231 #489931

monochromatic

#1F133C #36226B #4E3199 #6844C3 #8D72D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.45

#4E3199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4E3199 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3199

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3199	1.00	9.45	2.22	9.45
#FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.160 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866bb8',
    500: '#4e3199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3199;
$custom-light: #866bb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.731,
    "s": 51.485,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41088,
    "c": 0.16036,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3199

secondary

#A4BA6C

accent

#DB4DB3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3199

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

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