#4E3595#4E3595

#4E3595 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.150 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3595
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 149)
HSL	hsl(256, 48%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 64%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 64.4%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.24, 35.44, -49.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.24, 60.59, 305.79°)
OKLab	oklab(41.38% 0.052 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(41.38% 0.15 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.8383, 6.3355, 29.1324)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.45

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3595 #7C9535

analogous

#354C95 #4E3595 #7E3595

triadic

#4E3595 #954E35 #35954E

tetradic

#4E3595 #95354C #7C9535 #35957E

square

#4E3595 #95354C #7C9535 #35957E

split-complementary

#4E3595 #957E35 #4C9535

monochromatic

#1F153B #362568 #4E3595 #6749BE #8D76CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#4E3595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E3595 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3595

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3595	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004593

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.150 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866eb5',
    500: '#4e3595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3595;
$custom-light: #866eb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.625,
    "s": 47.525,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41378,
    "c": 0.14987,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3595

secondary

#A4B76F

accent

#D751B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3595

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

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