#4E3490#4E3490

#4E3490 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.145 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3490
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 144)
HSL	hsl(257, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 64%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 63.9%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.64, 34.54, -47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.64, 58.37, 306.27°)
OKLab	oklab(40.82% 0.0535 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(40.82% 0.145 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.4025, 6.0890, 27.0600)
Luminance	0.0609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3490 #769034

analogous

#344890 #4E3490 #7C3490

triadic

#4E3490 #904E34 #34904E

tetradic

#4E3490 #903448 #769034 #34907C

square

#4E3490 #903448 #769034 #34907C

split-complementary

#4E3490 #907C34 #489034

monochromatic

#1D1436 #362463 #4E3490 #6745BC #8C72CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#4E3490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4E3490 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3490

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3490	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B495D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.145 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856db1',
    500: '#4e3490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3490;
$custom-light: #856db1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.957,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40815,
    "c": 0.14471,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3490

secondary

#A0B46B

accent

#D751B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3490

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

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