#4E3593#4E3593

#4E3593 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.147 H 290.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3593
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 147)
HSL	hsl(256, 47%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 64%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 63.9%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.09, 34.84, -48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.09, 59.45, 305.88°)
OKLab	oklab(41.22% 0.0521 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(41.22% 0.147 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.6800, 6.2721, 28.2987)
Luminance	0.0627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.77

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3593 #7A9335

analogous

#354B93 #4E3593 #7D3593

triadic

#4E3593 #934E35 #35934E

tetradic

#4E3593 #93354B #7A9335 #35937D

square

#4E3593 #93354B #7A9335 #35937D

split-complementary

#4E3593 #937D35 #4B9335

monochromatic

#1E1539 #362566 #4E3593 #6748BD #8D75CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#4E3593 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4E3593 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3593

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3593	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3593	1.00	9.32	2.25	9.32
#FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004591

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3593;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.147 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856db3',
    500: '#4e3593',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3593;
$custom-light: #856db3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3593",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.957,
    "s": 47,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41217,
    "c": 0.14725,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3593

secondary

#A3B66E

accent

#D751B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3593

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

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