#4E3389#4E3389

#4E3389 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.137 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3389
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 137)
HSL	hsl(259, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 63%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 62.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.88, 33.07, -43.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.88, 55.00, 306.96°)
OKLab	oklab(40.1% 0.0552 -0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(40.1% 0.137 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8399, 5.7933, 24.3145)
Luminance	0.0579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3389 #6E8933

analogous

#334389 #4E3389 #793389

triadic

#4E3389 #894E33 #33894E

tetradic

#4E3389 #893343 #6E8933 #338979

square

#4E3389 #893343 #6E8933 #338979

split-complementary

#4E3389 #897933 #438933

monochromatic

#1B1230 #35225C #4E3389 #6744B6 #8A6EC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#4E3389 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E3389 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3389

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3389	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3389	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3389;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.137 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846cac',
    500: '#4e3389',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3389;
$custom-light: #846cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3389",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.837,
    "s": 45.745,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40102,
    "c": 0.13692,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3389

secondary

#9AB167

accent

#D552AC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3389

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

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