#4E3588#4E3588

#4E3588 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.133 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3588
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 136)
HSL	hsl(258, 44%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(258, 61%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 61%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.27, 31.56, -42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.27, 53.11, 306.47°)
OKLab	oklab(40.36% 0.0528 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(40.36% 0.133 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.8577, 5.9433, 23.9682)
Luminance	0.0594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3588 #6F8835

analogous

#354688 #4E3588 #773588

triadic

#4E3588 #884E35 #35884E

tetradic

#4E3588 #883546 #6F8835 #358877

square

#4E3588 #883546 #6F8835 #358877

split-complementary

#4E3588 #887735 #468835

monochromatic

#1B1330 #35245C #4E3588 #6746B4 #8A70C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#4E3588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E3588 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3588

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3588	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#084386

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.133 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846dab',
    500: '#4e3588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3588;
$custom-light: #846dab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.072,
    "s": 43.915,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40359,
    "c": 0.1326,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3588

secondary

#9AB069

accent

#D454AD

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3588

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

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