#4E3596#4E3596

#4E3596 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.151 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3596
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 150)
HSL	hsl(255, 48%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 65%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 64.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.32, 35.74, -49.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.32, 61.16, 305.76°)
OKLab	oklab(41.46% 0.0519 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(41.46% 0.151 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.9184, 6.3675, 29.5547)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.29

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3596 #7D9635

analogous

#354D96 #4E3596 #7F3596

triadic

#4E3596 #964E35 #35964E

tetradic

#4E3596 #96354D #7D9635 #35967F

square

#4E3596 #96354D #7D9635 #35967F

split-complementary

#4E3596 #967F35 #4D9635

monochromatic

#1F153C #362569 #4E3596 #6849BF #8D77CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#4E3596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E3596 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3596

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3596	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004594

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.151 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866eb6',
    500: '#4e3596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3596;
$custom-light: #866eb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.464,
    "s": 47.783,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4146,
    "c": 0.15118,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3596

secondary

#A5B76F

accent

#D750B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3596

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

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