#4E3494#4E3494

#4E3494 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.150 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3494
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 148)
HSL	hsl(256, 48%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 65%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 64.9%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.94, 35.73, -49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.94, 60.66, 306.09°)
OKLab	oklab(41.14% 0.0532 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(41.14% 0.15 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.7137, 6.2135, 28.6987)
Luminance	0.0621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3494 #7A9434

analogous

#344A94 #4E3494 #7E3494

triadic

#4E3494 #944E34 #34944E

tetradic

#4E3494 #94344A #7A9434 #34947E

square

#4E3494 #94344A #7A9434 #34947E

split-complementary

#4E3494 #947E34 #4A9434

monochromatic

#1E1439 #362467 #4E3494 #6747BE #8D74CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#4E3494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E3494 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3494

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3494	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004492

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.150 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866db4',
    500: '#4e3494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3494;
$custom-light: #866db4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.25,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41137,
    "c": 0.14995,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3494

secondary

#A3B76D

accent

#D850B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3494

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

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