#4E3388#4E3388

#4E3388 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.136 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3388
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 136)
HSL	hsl(259, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 63%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 62.5%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.81, 32.78, -43.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.81, 54.43, 307.03°)
OKLab	oklab(40.02% 0.0553 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(40.02% 0.136 294)
XYZ	xyz(8.7685, 5.7647, 23.9385)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3388 #6D8833

analogous

#334388 #4E3388 #793388

triadic

#4E3388 #884E33 #33884E

tetradic

#4E3388 #883343 #6D8833 #338879

square

#4E3388 #883343 #6D8833 #338879

split-complementary

#4E3388 #887933 #438833

monochromatic

#1B122F #34225B #4E3388 #6844B5 #8A6DC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#4E3388 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4E3388 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3388

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3388	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3388	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#014286

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3388;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.136 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846cab',
    500: '#4e3388',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3388;
$custom-light: #846cab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3388",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.059,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40024,
    "c": 0.13559,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.05765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3388

secondary

#99B067

accent

#D553AC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3388

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

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