#4E3498#4E3498

#4E3498 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.155 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3498
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 152)
HSL	hsl(256, 49%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 66%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 65.8%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.26, 36.93, -50.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.26, 62.93, 305.93°)
OKLab	oklab(41.47% 0.0528 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(41.47% 0.155 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.0358, 6.3423, 30.3951)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.03

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3498 #7E9834

analogous

#344C98 #4E3498 #803498

triadic

#4E3498 #984E34 #34984E

tetradic

#4E3498 #98344C #7E9834 #349880

square

#4E3498 #98344C #7E9834 #349880

split-complementary

#4E3498 #988034 #4C9834

monochromatic

#1F153D #37246A #4E3498 #6849C1 #8E76D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#4E3498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E3498 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3498

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3498	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.155 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866db7',
    500: '#4e3498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3498;
$custom-light: #866db7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.6,
    "s": 49.02,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41465,
    "c": 0.15514,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3498

secondary

#A6B96F

accent

#D94FB5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3498

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

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