#4E3682#4E3682

#4E3682 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.123 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3682
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 130)
HSL	hsl(259, 41%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 58%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 58.5%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.08, 29.19, -39.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.08, 48.93, 306.62°)
OKLab	oklab(40.09% 0.0516 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(40.09% 0.123 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4893, 5.8696, 21.8004)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3682 #6A8236

analogous

#364482 #4E3682 #743682

triadic

#4E3682 #824E36 #36824E

tetradic

#4E3682 #823644 #6A8236 #368274

square

#4E3682 #823644 #6A8236 #368274

split-complementary

#4E3682 #827436 #448236

monochromatic

#1A122C #342457 #4E3682 #6848AD #8A6FC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#4E3682 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E3682 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3682

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3682	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3682	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F4585

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#174380

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3682;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.123 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836ea7',
    500: '#4e3682',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3682;
$custom-light: #836ea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3682",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 41.304,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40086,
    "c": 0.12289,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3682

secondary

#96AC68

accent

#D157AA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3682

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

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