#4E3387#4E3387

#4E3387 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.134 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3387
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 135)
HSL	hsl(259, 45%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 62%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 62.2%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.74, 32.48, -42.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.74, 53.85, 307.10°)
OKLab	oklab(39.95% 0.0553 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(39.95% 0.134 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.6977, 5.7364, 23.5660)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3387 #6C8733

analogous

#334287 #4E3387 #783387

triadic

#4E3387 #874E33 #33874E

tetradic

#4E3387 #873342 #6C8733 #338778

square

#4E3387 #873342 #6C8733 #338778

split-complementary

#4E3387 #877833 #428733

monochromatic

#1B112E #34225B #4E3387 #6844B3 #8A6DC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#4E3387 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4E3387 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3387

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3387	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3387	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#044285

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3387;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.134 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846cab',
    500: '#4e3387',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3387;
$custom-light: #846cab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3387",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.286,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39948,
    "c": 0.13427,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3387

secondary

#98B066

accent

#D553AB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3387

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

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