#4E3396#4E3396

#4E3396 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.154 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3396
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 150)
HSL	hsl(256, 49%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 66%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 66%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.88, 36.91, -50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.88, 62.42, 306.25°)
OKLab	oklab(41.14% 0.0541 -0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(41.14% 0.154 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.8292, 6.1890, 29.5249)
Luminance	0.0619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3396 #7B9633

analogous

#334996 #4E3396 #803396

triadic

#4E3396 #964E33 #33964E

tetradic

#4E3396 #963349 #7B9633 #339680

square

#4E3396 #963349 #7B9633 #339680

split-complementary

#4E3396 #968033 #499633

monochromatic

#1F143B #362368 #4E3396 #6746C0 #8D74D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#4E3396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E3396 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3396

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3396	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.154 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866cb6',
    500: '#4e3396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3396;
$custom-light: #866cb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 49.254,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41143,
    "c": 0.1539,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3396

secondary

#A3B86D

accent

#D94FB3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3396

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

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