#4E3486#4E3486

#4E3486 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.131 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3486
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 134)
HSL	hsl(259, 44%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 61%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 61.2%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.89, 31.59, -42.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.89, 52.61, 306.90°)
OKLab	oklab(40.04% 0.0541 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(40.04% 0.131 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.6718, 5.7967, 23.2116)
Luminance	0.0580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3486 #6C8634

analogous

#344386 #4E3486 #773486

triadic

#4E3486 #864E34 #34864E

tetradic

#4E3486 #863443 #6C8634 #348677

square

#4E3486 #863443 #6C8634 #348677

split-complementary

#4E3486 #867734 #438634

monochromatic

#1B122E #34235A #4E3486 #6845B2 #8A6EC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#4E3486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E3486 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3486

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3486	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B4384

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.131 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846caa',
    500: '#4e3486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3486;
$custom-light: #846caa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.024,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40039,
    "c": 0.13142,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3486

secondary

#98AF67

accent

#D454AB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3486

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

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