#4E3290#4E3290

#4E3290 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.148 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3290
RGB	rgb(78, 50, 144)
HSL	hsl(258, 48%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 65%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 65.3%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.20, 35.72, -47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.20, 59.65, 306.78°)
OKLab	oklab(40.49% 0.0558 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(40.49% 0.148 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3151, 5.9142, 27.0309)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3290 #749032

analogous

#324590 #4E3290 #7D3290

triadic

#4E3290 #904E32 #32904E

tetradic

#4E3290 #903245 #749032 #32907D

square

#4E3290 #903245 #749032 #32907D

split-complementary

#4E3290 #907D32 #459032

monochromatic

#1D1235 #352263 #4E3290 #6742BD #8B6FCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#4E3290 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E3290 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3290

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3290	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3290	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B485C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3290;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 50, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.148 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856bb1',
    500: '#4e3290',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3290;
$custom-light: #856bb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3290",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.872,
    "s": 48.454,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40495,
    "c": 0.14752,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3290

secondary

#9EB569

accent

#D850AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3290

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

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