#4E3399#4E3399

#4E3399 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.158 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3399
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 153)
HSL	hsl(256, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 67%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 66.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.13, 37.81, -51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.13, 64.11, 306.13°)
OKLab	oklab(41.39% 0.0537 -0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(41.39% 0.158 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.0738, 6.2869, 30.8135)
Luminance	0.0629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.95

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3399 #7E9933

analogous

#334B99 #4E3399 #813399

triadic

#4E3399 #994E33 #33994E

tetradic

#4E3399 #99334B #7E9933 #339981

square

#4E3399 #99334B #7E9933 #339981

split-complementary

#4E3399 #998133 #4B9933

monochromatic

#1F143D #37246B #4E3399 #6847C2 #8E75D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#4E3399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E3399 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3399

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3399	1.00	9.30	2.26	9.30
#FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.158 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866cb8',
    500: '#4e3399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3399;
$custom-light: #866cb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.882,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41392,
    "c": 0.15775,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3399

secondary

#A6B96E

accent

#DA4EB5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3399

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

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