#4E3590#4E3590

#4E3590 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.143 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3590
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 144)
HSL	hsl(256, 46%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 63%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 63.2%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.86, 33.94, -46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.86, 57.73, 306.01°)
OKLab	oklab(40.98% 0.0524 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(40.98% 0.143 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.4476, 6.1792, 27.0751)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3590 #779035

analogous

#354990 #4E3590 #7B3590

triadic

#4E3590 #904E35 #35904E

tetradic

#4E3590 #903549 #779035 #35907B

square

#4E3590 #903549 #779035 #35907B

split-complementary

#4E3590 #907B35 #499035

monochromatic

#1E1437 #362563 #4E3590 #6747BB #8C74CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#4E3590 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E3590 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3590

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3590	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3590	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004893

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4A5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3590;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.143 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856db1',
    500: '#4e3590',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3590;
$custom-light: #856db1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3590",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.484,
    "s": 46.193,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40979,
    "c": 0.14329,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3590

secondary

#A1B46D

accent

#D652B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0B0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3590

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

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