#4E3497#4E3497

#4E3497 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.154 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3497
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 151)
HSL	hsl(256, 49%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 66%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 65.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.18, 36.63, -50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.18, 62.36, 305.97°)
OKLab	oklab(41.38% 0.0529 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(41.38% 0.154 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.9542, 6.3097, 29.9656)
Luminance	0.0631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.19

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3497 #7D9734

analogous

#344B97 #4E3497 #803497

triadic

#4E3497 #974E34 #34974E

tetradic

#4E3497 #97344B #7D9734 #349780

square

#4E3497 #97344B #7D9734 #349780

split-complementary

#4E3497 #978034 #4B9734

monochromatic

#1F153C #362469 #4E3497 #6848C0 #8D76D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#4E3497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E3497 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3497

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3497	1.00	9.28	2.26	9.28
#FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004595

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.154 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866db6',
    500: '#4e3497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3497;
$custom-light: #866db6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.758,
    "s": 48.768,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41382,
    "c": 0.15384,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3497

secondary

#A5B86F

accent

#D84FB4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3497

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

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