#4E3598#4E3598

#4E3598 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.154 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3598
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 152)
HSL	hsl(255, 48%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 65%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 65.1%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.48, 36.34, -50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.48, 62.29, 305.69°)
OKLab	oklab(41.62% 0.0517 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(41.62% 0.154 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.0809, 6.4325, 30.4101)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.98

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3598 #7F9835

analogous

#354D98 #4E3598 #803598

triadic

#4E3598 #984E35 #35984E

tetradic

#4E3598 #98354D #7F9835 #359880

square

#4E3598 #98354D #7F9835 #359880

split-complementary

#4E3598 #988035 #4D9835

monochromatic

#1F153D #37256B #4E3598 #684AC0 #8E78D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#4E3598 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E3598 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3598

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3598	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3598	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364D61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3598;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.154 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866eb7',
    500: '#4e3598',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3598;
$custom-light: #866eb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3598",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.152,
    "s": 48.293,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41623,
    "c": 0.15378,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3598

secondary

#A6B870

accent

#D850B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3598

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

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