#4E3583#4E3583

#4E3583 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.126 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3583
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 131)
HSL	hsl(259, 42%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 60%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 59.5%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.91, 30.10, -40.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.91, 50.19, 306.84°)
OKLab	oklab(39.99% 0.0529 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(39.99% 0.126 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.5106, 5.8044, 22.1403)
Luminance	0.0580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3583 #6A8335

analogous

#354383 #4E3583 #753583

triadic

#4E3583 #834E35 #35834E

tetradic

#4E3583 #833543 #6A8335 #358375

square

#4E3583 #833543 #6A8335 #358375

split-complementary

#4E3583 #837535 #438335

monochromatic

#1A122C #342357 #4E3583 #6847AF #8A6EC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#4E3583 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E3583 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3583

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3583	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3583	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#084586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#144381

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3583;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.126 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836da8',
    500: '#4e3583',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3583;
$custom-light: #836da8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3583",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.231,
    "s": 42.391,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39985,
    "c": 0.12582,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3583

secondary

#96AD67

accent

#D256AA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3583

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

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