#4E3296#4E3296

#4E3296 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.155 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3296
RGB	rgb(78, 50, 150)
HSL	hsl(257, 50%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 67%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 66.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.67, 37.49, -50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.67, 63.05, 306.49°)
OKLab	oklab(40.99% 0.0552 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(40.99% 0.155 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.7860, 6.1026, 29.5105)
Luminance	0.0610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3296 #7A9632

analogous

#324896 #4E3296 #803296

triadic

#4E3296 #964E32 #32964E

tetradic

#4E3296 #963248 #7A9632 #329680

square

#4E3296 #963248 #7A9632 #329680

split-complementary

#4E3296 #968032 #489632

monochromatic

#1E133A #362368 #4E3296 #6744C1 #8D72D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#4E3296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4E3296 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3296

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3296	1.00	9.46	2.22	9.46
#FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 50, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.155 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866cb6',
    500: '#4e3296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3296;
$custom-light: #866cb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.8,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40988,
    "c": 0.15524,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3296

secondary

#A3B86C

accent

#DA4EB3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3296

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

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