#4E3485#4E3485

#4E3485 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.130 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3485
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 133)
HSL	hsl(259, 44%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 61%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 60.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.82, 31.29, -41.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.82, 52.03, 306.97°)
OKLab	oklab(39.96% 0.0541 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(39.96% 0.13 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6024, 5.7689, 22.8460)
Luminance	0.0577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3485 #6B8534

analogous

#344385 #4E3485 #773485

triadic

#4E3485 #854E34 #34854E

tetradic

#4E3485 #853443 #6B8534 #348577

square

#4E3485 #853443 #6B8534 #348577

split-complementary

#4E3485 #857734 #438534

monochromatic

#1A122D #342359 #4E3485 #6845B1 #8A6DC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#4E3485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4E3485 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3485

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3485	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D4383

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.130 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846ca9',
    500: '#4e3485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3485;
$custom-light: #846ca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.259,
    "s": 43.784,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39963,
    "c": 0.13007,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3485

secondary

#97AE67

accent

#D454AB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3485

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

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