#4E3587#4E3587

#4E3587 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.131 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3587
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 135)
HSL	hsl(258, 44%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(258, 61%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 60.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.20, 31.27, -42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.20, 52.53, 306.53°)
OKLab	oklab(40.28% 0.0528 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(40.28% 0.131 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.7870, 5.9150, 23.5957)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3587 #6E8735

analogous

#354587 #4E3587 #773587

triadic

#4E3587 #874E35 #35874E

tetradic

#4E3587 #873545 #6E8735 #358777

square

#4E3587 #873545 #6E8735 #358777

split-complementary

#4E3587 #877735 #458735

monochromatic

#1B122F #35245B #4E3587 #6746B3 #8A70C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#4E3587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E3587 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3587

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3587	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B4385

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.131 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846daa',
    500: '#4e3587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3587;
$custom-light: #846daa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.293,
    "s": 43.617,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40284,
    "c": 0.13125,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3587

secondary

#9AAF69

accent

#D354AD

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3587

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

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