#4E3589#4E3589

#4E3589 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.134 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3589
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 137)
HSL	hsl(258, 44%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(258, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 61.3%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.34, 31.86, -43.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.34, 53.69, 306.40°)
OKLab	oklab(40.44% 0.0527 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(40.44% 0.134 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.9291, 5.9718, 24.3443)
Luminance	0.0597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3589 #708935

analogous

#354689 #4E3589 #783589

triadic

#4E3589 #894E35 #35894E

tetradic

#4E3589 #893546 #708935 #358978

square

#4E3589 #893546 #708935 #358978

split-complementary

#4E3589 #897835 #468935

monochromatic

#1C1331 #35245D #4E3589 #6746B5 #8B71C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.57

#4E3589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E3589 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3589

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3589	1.00	9.57	2.19	9.57
#FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#054487

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4859

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.134 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846dac',
    500: '#4e3589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3589;
$custom-light: #846dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.857,
    "s": 44.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40435,
    "c": 0.13395,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3589

secondary

#9BB06A

accent

#D454AE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3589

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

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