#4E3393#4E3393

#4E3393 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.150 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3393
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 147)
HSL	hsl(257, 48%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 65%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 65.3%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.65, 36.02, -48.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.65, 60.72, 306.38°)
OKLab	oklab(40.9% 0.0544 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(40.9% 0.15 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5907, 6.0936, 28.2690)
Luminance	0.0609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3393 #789333

analogous

#334893 #4E3393 #7E3393

triadic

#4E3393 #934E33 #33934E

tetradic

#4E3393 #933348 #789333 #33937E

square

#4E3393 #933348 #789333 #33937E

split-complementary

#4E3393 #937E33 #489333

monochromatic

#1E1338 #362366 #4E3393 #6745BE #8C72CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#4E3393 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4E3393 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3393

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3393	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3393	1.00	9.46	2.22	9.46
#FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004491

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3393;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.150 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856cb3',
    500: '#4e3393',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3393;
$custom-light: #856cb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3393",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.875,
    "s": 48.485,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40897,
    "c": 0.15002,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3393

secondary

#A1B66C

accent

#D850B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3393

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

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