#4E3488#4E3488

#4E3488 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.134 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3488
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 136)
HSL	hsl(259, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 62%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 61.8%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.04, 32.17, -43.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.04, 53.77, 306.75°)
OKLab	oklab(40.19% 0.054 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(40.19% 0.134 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8126, 5.8530, 23.9532)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3488 #6E8834

analogous

#344488 #4E3488 #783488

triadic

#4E3488 #884E34 #34884E

tetradic

#4E3488 #883444 #6E8834 #348878

square

#4E3488 #883444 #6E8834 #348878

split-complementary

#4E3488 #887834 #448834

monochromatic

#1B122F #35235C #4E3488 #6745B4 #8A6FC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#4E3488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E3488 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3488

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3488	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#054386

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.134 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846dab',
    500: '#4e3488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3488;
$custom-light: #846dab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.571,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40191,
    "c": 0.1341,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3488

secondary

#9AB068

accent

#D453AC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3488

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

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