#4E3391#4E3391

#4E3391 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.147 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3391
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 145)
HSL	hsl(257, 48%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 65%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 64.8%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.49, 35.43, -47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.49, 59.59, 306.48°)
OKLab	oklab(40.74% 0.0546 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(40.74% 0.147 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.4351, 6.0314, 27.4496)
Luminance	0.0603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3391 #769133

analogous

#334791 #4E3391 #7D3391

triadic

#4E3391 #914E33 #33914E

tetradic

#4E3391 #913347 #769133 #33917D

square

#4E3391 #913347 #769133 #33917D

split-complementary

#4E3391 #917D33 #479133

monochromatic

#1D1336 #362364 #4E3391 #6744BD #8C71CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.52

#4E3391 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E3391 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3391

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3391	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3391	1.00	9.52	2.21	9.52
#FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A495D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3391;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.147 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856cb2',
    500: '#4e3391',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3391;
$custom-light: #856cb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3391",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.234,
    "s": 47.959,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40735,
    "c": 0.14742,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3391

secondary

#A0B56B

accent

#D850B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3391

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

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