#4E3581#4E3581

#4E3581 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.123 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3581
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 129)
HSL	hsl(260, 42%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(260, 59%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 58.9%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.77, 29.51, -39.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.77, 49.02, 307.01°)
OKLab	oklab(39.84% 0.0529 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(39.84% 0.123 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.3764, 5.7507, 21.4333)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3581 #688135

analogous

#354281 #4E3581 #743581

triadic

#4E3581 #814E35 #35814E

tetradic

#4E3581 #813542 #688135 #358174

square

#4E3581 #813542 #688135 #358174

split-complementary

#4E3581 #817435 #428135

monochromatic

#1A112A #342356 #4E3581 #6847AC #8A6DC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#4E3581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4E3581 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3581

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3581	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D4484

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17437F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.123 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836da6',
    500: '#4e3581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3581;
$custom-light: #836da6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.737,
    "s": 41.758,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39839,
    "c": 0.1231,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3581

secondary

#95AB66

accent

#D256A9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3581

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

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