#4E3392#4E3392

#4E3392 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.149 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3392
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 146)
HSL	hsl(257, 48%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 65%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 65.1%, 0%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.57, 35.72, -48.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.57, 60.16, 306.43°)
OKLab	oklab(40.82% 0.0545 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(40.82% 0.149 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5126, 6.0624, 27.8575)
Luminance	0.0606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3392 #779233

analogous

#334792 #4E3392 #7D3392

triadic

#4E3392 #924E33 #33924E

tetradic

#4E3392 #923347 #779233 #33927D

square

#4E3392 #923347 #779233 #33927D

split-complementary

#4E3392 #927D33 #479233

monochromatic

#1E1337 #362365 #4E3392 #6744BE #8C72CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#4E3392 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E3392 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3392

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3392	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3392	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004490

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A495D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3392;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.149 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856cb3',
    500: '#4e3392',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3392;
$custom-light: #856cb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3392",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.053,
    "s": 48.223,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40816,
    "c": 0.14872,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3392

secondary

#A1B66B

accent

#D850B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3392

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

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