#4E3487#4E3487

#4E3487 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.133 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3487
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 135)
HSL	hsl(259, 44%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 61%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 61.5%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.97, 31.88, -42.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.97, 53.19, 306.82°)
OKLab	oklab(40.11% 0.0541 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(40.11% 0.133 294)
XYZ	xyz(8.7419, 5.8247, 23.5807)
Luminance	0.0583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3487 #6D8734

analogous

#344487 #4E3487 #783487

triadic

#4E3487 #874E34 #34874E

tetradic

#4E3487 #873444 #6D8734 #348778

square

#4E3487 #873444 #6D8734 #348778

split-complementary

#4E3487 #877834 #448734

monochromatic

#1B122F #34235B #4E3487 #6845B3 #8A6EC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#4E3487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E3487 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3487

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3487	1.00	9.70	2.17	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#084385

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.133 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846dab',
    500: '#4e3487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3487;
$custom-light: #846dab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.795,
    "s": 44.385,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40114,
    "c": 0.13276,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.05825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3487

secondary

#99AF67

accent

#D454AC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3487

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

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