#4E3397#4E3397

#4E3397 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.155 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3397
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 151)
HSL	hsl(256, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 66%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 66.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.96, 37.21, -50.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.96, 62.99, 306.21°)
OKLab	oklab(41.23% 0.054 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(41.23% 0.155 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.9100, 6.2213, 29.9508)
Luminance	0.0622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3397 #7C9733

analogous

#334A97 #4E3397 #803397

triadic

#4E3397 #974E33 #33974E

tetradic

#4E3397 #97334A #7C9733 #339780

square

#4E3397 #97334A #7C9733 #339780

split-complementary

#4E3397 #978033 #4A9733

monochromatic

#1F143C #362469 #4E3397 #6747C1 #8D74D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#4E3397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E3397 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3397

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3397	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.155 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866cb6',
    500: '#4e3397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3397;
$custom-light: #866cb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.2,
    "s": 49.505,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41226,
    "c": 0.15519,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3397

secondary

#A4B86D

accent

#D94FB4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3397

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

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