#4E3390#4E3390

#4E3390 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.146 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3390
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 144)
HSL	hsl(257, 48%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 65%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 64.6%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.41, 35.13, -47.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.41, 59.02, 306.53°)
OKLab	oklab(40.65% 0.0547 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(40.65% 0.146 292)
XYZ	xyz(9.3584, 6.0007, 27.0453)
Luminance	0.0600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3390 #759033

analogous

#334790 #4E3390 #7C3390

triadic

#4E3390 #904E33 #33904E

tetradic

#4E3390 #903347 #759033 #33907C

square

#4E3390 #903347 #759033 #33907C

split-complementary

#4E3390 #907C33 #479033

monochromatic

#1D1336 #362363 #4E3390 #6744BD #8B71CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#4E3390 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4E3390 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3390

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3390	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3390	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B495C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3390;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.146 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856cb1',
    500: '#4e3390',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3390;
$custom-light: #856cb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3390",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.419,
    "s": 47.692,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40654,
    "c": 0.14612,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.06001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3390

secondary

#9FB56A

accent

#D751B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3390

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

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