#4E3297#4E3297

#4E3297 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.157 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3297
RGB	rgb(78, 50, 151)
HSL	hsl(257, 50%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 67%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 66.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.75, 37.79, -51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.75, 63.61, 306.45°)
OKLab	oklab(41.07% 0.055 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(41.07% 0.157 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.8668, 6.1349, 29.9364)
Luminance	0.0614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3297 #7B9732

analogous

#324897 #4E3297 #813297

triadic

#4E3297 #974E32 #32974E

tetradic

#4E3297 #973248 #7B9732 #329781

square

#4E3297 #973248 #7B9732 #329781

split-complementary

#4E3297 #978132 #489732

monochromatic

#1F143B #362369 #4E3297 #6745C1 #8D73D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#4E3297 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E3297 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3297

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3297	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3297	1.00	9.43	2.23	9.43
#FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3297;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 50, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.157 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866cb6',
    500: '#4e3297',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3297;
$custom-light: #866cb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3297",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.634,
    "s": 50.249,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41071,
    "c": 0.15652,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3297

secondary

#A3B96C

accent

#DA4EB3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3297

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

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