#4E3386#4E3386

#4E3386 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.133 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3386
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 134)
HSL	hsl(260, 45%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 61.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.66, 32.19, -42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.66, 53.27, 307.18°)
OKLab	oklab(39.87% 0.0553 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(39.87% 0.133 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6276, 5.7084, 23.1969)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3386 #6B8633

analogous

#334286 #4E3386 #783386

triadic

#4E3386 #864E33 #33864E

tetradic

#4E3386 #863342 #6B8633 #338678

square

#4E3386 #863342 #6B8633 #338678

split-complementary

#4E3386 #867833 #428633

monochromatic

#1A112D #34225A #4E3386 #6844B2 #8A6CC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#4E3386 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E3386 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3386

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3386	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3386	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#074284

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3386;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.133 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846caa',
    500: '#4e3386',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3386;
$custom-light: #846caa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3386",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.518,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39871,
    "c": 0.13293,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3386

secondary

#97AF66

accent

#D553AA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3386

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

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