#4E3493#4E3493

#4E3493 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.149 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3493
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 147)
HSL	hsl(256, 48%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 65%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 64.6%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.87, 35.43, -48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.87, 60.09, 306.13°)
OKLab	oklab(41.06% 0.0533 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(41.06% 0.149 291)
XYZ	xyz(9.6349, 6.1819, 28.2837)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3493 #799334

analogous

#344A93 #4E3493 #7E3493

triadic

#4E3493 #934E34 #34934E

tetradic

#4E3493 #93344A #799334 #34937E

square

#4E3493 #93344A #799334 #34937E

split-complementary

#4E3493 #937E34 #4A9334

monochromatic

#1E1439 #362466 #4E3493 #6746BE #8C74CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#4E3493 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E3493 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3493

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3493	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3493	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004491

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3493;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.149 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856db3',
    500: '#4e3493',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3493;
$custom-light: #856db3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3493",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.421,
    "s": 47.739,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41056,
    "c": 0.14864,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.06182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3493

secondary

#A2B66D

accent

#D750B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3493

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

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