#4E3597#4E3597

#4E3597 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.152 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3597
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 151)
HSL	hsl(255, 48%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 65%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 64.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.40, 36.04, -50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.40, 61.73, 305.72°)
OKLab	oklab(41.54% 0.0518 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(41.54% 0.152 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.9993, 6.3999, 29.9806)
Luminance	0.0640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.13

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3597 #7E9735

analogous

#354D97 #4E3597 #7F3597

triadic

#4E3597 #974E35 #35974E

tetradic

#4E3597 #97354D #7E9735 #35977F

square

#4E3597 #97354D #7E9735 #35977F

split-complementary

#4E3597 #977F35 #4D9735

monochromatic

#1F153C #37256A #4E3597 #684ABF #8E77CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#4E3597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E3597 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3597

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3597	1.00	9.21	2.28	9.21
#FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004595

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.152 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866eb6',
    500: '#4e3597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3597;
$custom-light: #866eb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.306,
    "s": 48.039,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41541,
    "c": 0.15248,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3597

secondary

#A6B870

accent

#D850B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3597

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

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