#4E3385#4E3385

#4E3385 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.132 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3385
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 133)
HSL	hsl(260, 45%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 61.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.59, 31.90, -41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.59, 52.69, 307.26°)
OKLab	oklab(39.8% 0.0554 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(39.8% 0.132 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.5582, 5.6806, 22.8313)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3385 #6A8533

analogous

#334185 #4E3385 #773385

triadic

#4E3385 #854E33 #33854E

tetradic

#4E3385 #853341 #6A8533 #338577

square

#4E3385 #853341 #6A8533 #338577

split-complementary

#4E3385 #857733 #418533

monochromatic

#1A112D #342259 #4E3385 #6844B1 #8A6CC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#4E3385 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E3385 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3385

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3385	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3385	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A4283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3385;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.132 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846ca9',
    500: '#4e3385',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3385;
$custom-light: #846ca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3385",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.756,
    "s": 44.565,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39795,
    "c": 0.1316,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3385

secondary

#96AE65

accent

#D454AA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3385

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

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