#4E3495#4E3495

#4E3495 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.151 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3495
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 149)
HSL	hsl(256, 48%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 65%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 65.1%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.02, 36.03, -49.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.02, 61.23, 306.05°)
OKLab	oklab(41.22% 0.0531 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(41.22% 0.151 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.7932, 6.2453, 29.1174)
Luminance	0.0625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3495 #7B9534

analogous

#344B95 #4E3495 #7F3495

triadic

#4E3495 #954E34 #34954E

tetradic

#4E3495 #95344B #7B9534 #34957F

square

#4E3495 #95344B #7B9534 #34957F

split-complementary

#4E3495 #957F34 #4B9534

monochromatic

#1F143A #362468 #4E3495 #6747BF #8D75CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#4E3495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4E3495 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3495

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3495	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004593

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.151 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866db5',
    500: '#4e3495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3495;
$custom-light: #866db5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.082,
    "s": 48.259,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41218,
    "c": 0.15125,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3495

secondary

#A3B76E

accent

#D850B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3495

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

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