#4E3591#4E3591

#4E3591 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.145 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3591
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 145)
HSL	hsl(256, 46%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 63%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 63.4%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.94, 34.24, -47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.94, 58.30, 305.96°)
OKLab	oklab(41.06% 0.0523 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(41.06% 0.145 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.5244, 6.2099, 27.4794)
Luminance	0.0621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3591 #789135

analogous

#354A91 #4E3591 #7C3591

triadic

#4E3591 #914E35 #35914E

tetradic

#4E3591 #91354A #789135 #35917C

square

#4E3591 #91354A #789135 #35917C

split-complementary

#4E3591 #917C35 #4A9135

monochromatic

#1E1437 #362564 #4E3591 #6747BC #8C74CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#4E3591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E3591 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3591

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3591	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00458F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.145 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856db2',
    500: '#4e3591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3591;
$custom-light: #856db2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.304,
    "s": 46.465,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41058,
    "c": 0.14461,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3591

secondary

#A1B56D

accent

#D652B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0B0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3591

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

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