#4E3599#4E3599

#4E3599 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.155 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3599
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 153)
HSL	hsl(255, 49%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 65%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 65.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.56, 36.64, -51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.56, 62.86, 305.65°)
OKLab	oklab(41.71% 0.0516 -0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(41.71% 0.155 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.1631, 6.4654, 30.8433)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3599 #809935

analogous

#354E99 #4E3599 #803599

triadic

#4E3599 #994E35 #35994E

tetradic

#4E3599 #99354E #809935 #359980

square

#4E3599 #99354E #809935 #359980

split-complementary

#4E3599 #998035 #4E9935

monochromatic

#20163E #37256C #4E3599 #684BC1 #8E78D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#4E3599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E3599 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3599

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3599	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.155 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866eb8',
    500: '#4e3599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3599;
$custom-light: #866eb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 48.544,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41705,
    "c": 0.15509,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3599

secondary

#A7B971

accent

#D850B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3599

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

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