#4E3499#4E3499

#4E3499 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.156 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3499
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 153)
HSL	hsl(255, 49%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 66%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 66%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.34, 37.23, -51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.34, 63.49, 305.90°)
OKLab	oklab(41.55% 0.0527 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(41.55% 0.156 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.1180, 6.3752, 30.8282)
Luminance	0.0638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3499 #7F9934

analogous

#344C99 #4E3499 #813499

triadic

#4E3499 #994E34 #34994E

tetradic

#4E3499 #99344C #7F9934 #349981

square

#4E3499 #99344C #7F9934 #349981

split-complementary

#4E3499 #998134 #4C9934

monochromatic

#1F153E #37246B #4E3499 #6849C1 #8E77D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#4E3499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E3499 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3499

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3499	1.00	9.23	2.28	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.156 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866db8',
    500: '#4e3499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3499;
$custom-light: #866db8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.446,
    "s": 49.268,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41547,
    "c": 0.15643,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3499

secondary

#A6B970

accent

#D94FB5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3499

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

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