#4E3395#4E3395

#4E3395 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.153 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3395
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 149)
HSL	hsl(257, 49%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 66%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 65.8%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.80, 36.62, -49.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.80, 61.86, 306.29°)
OKLab	oklab(41.06% 0.0542 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(41.06% 0.153 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.7490, 6.1569, 29.1027)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3395 #7A9533

analogous

#334995 #4E3395 #7F3395

triadic

#4E3395 #954E33 #33954E

tetradic

#4E3395 #953349 #7A9533 #33957F

square

#4E3395 #953349 #7A9533 #33957F

split-complementary

#4E3395 #957F33 #499533

monochromatic

#1E143A #362367 #4E3395 #6746C0 #8D73CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#4E3395 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E3395 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3395

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3395	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3395	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004493

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3395;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.153 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866cb5',
    500: '#4e3395',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3395;
$custom-light: #866cb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3395",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.531,
    "s": 49,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41061,
    "c": 0.15261,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3395

secondary

#A3B76C

accent

#D94FB3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3395

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

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