#4E3489#4E3489

#4E3489 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.135 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3489
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 137)
HSL	hsl(258, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(258, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 62%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.11, 32.47, -43.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.11, 54.35, 306.68°)
OKLab	oklab(40.27% 0.054 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(40.27% 0.135 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.8840, 5.8816, 24.3292)
Luminance	0.0588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3489 #6F8934

analogous

#344489 #4E3489 #793489

triadic

#4E3489 #894E34 #34894E

tetradic

#4E3489 #893444 #6F8934 #348979

square

#4E3489 #893444 #6F8934 #348979

split-complementary

#4E3489 #897934 #448934

monochromatic

#1B1230 #35235D #4E3489 #6745B5 #8A6FC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#4E3489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E3489 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3489

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3489	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#024387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.135 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846dac',
    500: '#4e3489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3489;
$custom-light: #846dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.353,
    "s": 44.974,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40267,
    "c": 0.13544,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3489

secondary

#9AB068

accent

#D553AD

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3489

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

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