#4E3584#4E3584

#4E3584 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.127 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3584
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 132)
HSL	hsl(259, 43%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 60%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 59.8%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.98, 30.39, -40.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.98, 50.78, 306.76°)
OKLab	oklab(40.06% 0.0529 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(40.06% 0.127 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5787, 5.8317, 22.4990)
Luminance	0.0583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3584 #6B8435

analogous

#354484 #4E3584 #763584

triadic

#4E3584 #844E35 #35844E

tetradic

#4E3584 #843544 #6B8435 #358476

square

#4E3584 #843544 #6B8435 #358476

split-complementary

#4E3584 #847635 #448435

monochromatic

#1A122D #342358 #4E3584 #6847B0 #8A6EC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#4E3584 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E3584 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3584

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3584	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3584	1.00	9.69	2.17	9.69
#FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#064587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#124382

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3584;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.127 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836da8',
    500: '#4e3584',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3584;
$custom-light: #836da8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3584",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.987,
    "s": 42.703,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40059,
    "c": 0.12719,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3584

secondary

#97AD68

accent

#D255AB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3584

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

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