#4E3594#4E3594

#4E3594 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.149 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3594
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 148)
HSL	hsl(256, 47%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 64%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 64.2%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.17, 35.14, -48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.17, 60.02, 305.83°)
OKLab	oklab(41.3% 0.0521 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(41.3% 0.149 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.7588, 6.3037, 28.7138)
Luminance	0.0630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.61

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3594 #7B9435

analogous

#354C94 #4E3594 #7E3594

triadic

#4E3594 #944E35 #35944E

tetradic

#4E3594 #94354C #7B9435 #35947E

square

#4E3594 #94354C #7B9435 #35947E

split-complementary

#4E3594 #947E35 #4C9435

monochromatic

#1F153A #362567 #4E3594 #6749BE #8D76CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.29

#4E3594 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E3594 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3594

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3594	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3594	1.00	9.29	2.26	9.29
#FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3594;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.149 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856eb4',
    500: '#4e3594',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3594;
$custom-light: #856eb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3594",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 47.264,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41298,
    "c": 0.14856,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3594

secondary

#A3B66E

accent

#D751B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3594

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

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