#4E3299#4E3299

#4E3299 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.159 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3299
RGB	rgb(78, 50, 153)
HSL	hsl(256, 51%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 67%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 67.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.91, 38.38, -52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.91, 64.74, 306.37°)
OKLab	oklab(41.24% 0.0548 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(41.24% 0.159 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.0306, 6.2004, 30.7991)
Luminance	0.0620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.02

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3299 #7D9932

analogous

#324999 #4E3299 #823299

triadic

#4E3299 #994E32 #32994E

tetradic

#4E3299 #993249 #7D9932 #329982

square

#4E3299 #993249 #7D9932 #329982

split-complementary

#4E3299 #998232 #499932

monochromatic

#1F143D #36236B #4E3299 #6846C2 #8D74D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#4E3299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E3299 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3299

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3299	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	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: #4e3299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 50, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.159 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866cb8',
    500: '#4e3299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3299;
$custom-light: #866cb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.311,
    "s": 50.739,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41239,
    "c": 0.15906,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3299

secondary

#A5BA6D

accent

#DA4EB4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3299

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

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