#4E3586#4E3586

#4E3586 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.130 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3586
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 134)
HSL	hsl(259, 43%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 60%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 60.4%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.13, 30.98, -41.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.13, 51.95, 306.61°)
OKLab	oklab(40.21% 0.0528 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(40.21% 0.13 294)
XYZ	xyz(8.7169, 5.8869, 23.2267)
Luminance	0.0589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3586 #6D8635

analogous

#354486 #4E3586 #773586

triadic

#4E3586 #864E35 #35864E

tetradic

#4E3586 #863544 #6D8635 #358677

square

#4E3586 #863544 #6D8635 #358677

split-complementary

#4E3586 #867735 #448635

monochromatic

#1B122E #34245A #4E3586 #6846B2 #8A6FC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#4E3586 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E3586 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3586

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3586	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3586	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#014589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E4384

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3586;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.130 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846daa',
    500: '#4e3586',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3586;
$custom-light: #846daa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3586",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.519,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40208,
    "c": 0.1299,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.05887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3586

secondary

#99AE68

accent

#D355AC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3586

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

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