#4E3585#4E3585

#4E3585 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.129 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3585
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 133)
HSL	hsl(259, 43%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 60%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 60.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.05, 30.68, -41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.05, 51.36, 306.68°)
OKLab	oklab(40.13% 0.0528 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(40.13% 0.129 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.6475, 5.8592, 22.8611)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3585 #6C8535

analogous

#354485 #4E3585 #763585

triadic

#4E3585 #854E35 #35854E

tetradic

#4E3585 #853544 #6C8535 #358576

square

#4E3585 #853544 #6C8535 #358576

split-complementary

#4E3585 #857635 #448535

monochromatic

#1B122D #342459 #4E3585 #6846B1 #8A6FC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#4E3585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E3585 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3585

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3585	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#034588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#104383

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.129 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846da9',
    500: '#4e3585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3585;
$custom-light: #846da9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 43.011,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40134,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3585

secondary

#98AE68

accent

#D355AB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3585

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

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