#4E3295#4E3295

#4E3295 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.154 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3295
RGB	rgb(78, 50, 149)
HSL	hsl(257, 50%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 66%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 66.4%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.59, 37.20, -50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.59, 62.49, 306.53°)
OKLab	oklab(40.91% 0.0553 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(40.91% 0.154 291)
XYZ	xyz(9.7058, 6.0705, 29.0883)
Luminance	0.0607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3295 #799532

analogous

#324895 #4E3295 #803295

triadic

#4E3295 #954E32 #32954E

tetradic

#4E3295 #953248 #799532 #329580

square

#4E3295 #953248 #799532 #329580

split-complementary

#4E3295 #958032 #489532

monochromatic

#1E1339 #362367 #4E3295 #6744C0 #8C72D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.48

#4E3295 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E3295 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3295

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3295	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3295	1.00	9.48	2.21	9.48
#FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004493

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3295;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 50, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.154 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866cb5',
    500: '#4e3295',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3295;
$custom-light: #866cb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3295",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.97,
    "s": 49.749,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40905,
    "c": 0.15396,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.06071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3295

secondary

#A2B86B

accent

#D94FB2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3295

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

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