#4E3496#4E3496

#4E3496 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.153 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3496
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 150)
HSL	hsl(256, 49%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 65%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 65.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.10, 36.33, -49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.10, 61.79, 306.01°)
OKLab	oklab(41.3% 0.053 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(41.3% 0.153 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.8733, 6.2773, 29.5397)
Luminance	0.0628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3496 #7C9634

analogous

#344B96 #4E3496 #7F3496

triadic

#4E3496 #964E34 #34964E

tetradic

#4E3496 #96344B #7C9634 #34967F

square

#4E3496 #96344B #7C9634 #34967F

split-complementary

#4E3496 #967F34 #4B9634

monochromatic

#1F143B #362469 #4E3496 #6748BF #8D75CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.31

#4E3496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E3496 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3496

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3496	1.00	9.31	2.26	9.31
#FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004594

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.153 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866db6',
    500: '#4e3496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3496;
$custom-light: #866db6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.918,
    "s": 48.515,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.413,
    "c": 0.15255,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3496

secondary

#A4B86E

accent

#D850B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3496

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

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