#4E3398#4E3398

#4E3398 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.156 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3398
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 152)
HSL	hsl(256, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 66%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 66.4%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.04, 37.51, -51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.04, 63.55, 306.17°)
OKLab	oklab(41.31% 0.0538 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(41.31% 0.156 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.9916, 6.2540, 30.3804)
Luminance	0.0625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3398 #7D9833

analogous

#334A98 #4E3398 #813398

triadic

#4E3398 #984E33 #33984E

tetradic

#4E3398 #98334A #7D9833 #339881

square

#4E3398 #98334A #7D9833 #339881

split-complementary

#4E3398 #988133 #4A9833

monochromatic

#1F143C #36246A #4E3398 #6847C1 #8D75D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#4E3398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4E3398 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3398

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3398	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.156 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866cb7',
    500: '#4e3398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3398;
$custom-light: #866cb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.04,
    "s": 49.754,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41309,
    "c": 0.15647,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3398

secondary

#A5B96E

accent

#D94FB4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3398

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

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