#4E3685#4E3685

#4E3685 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.127 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3685
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 133)
HSL	hsl(258, 42%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(258, 59%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 59.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.29, 30.07, -40.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.29, 50.69, 306.38°)
OKLab	oklab(40.31% 0.0516 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(40.31% 0.127 294)
XYZ	xyz(8.6936, 5.9513, 22.8764)
Luminance	0.0595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3685 #6D8536

analogous

#364685 #4E3685 #763685

triadic

#4E3685 #854E36 #36854E

tetradic

#4E3685 #853646 #6D8536 #368576

square

#4E3685 #853646 #6D8536 #368576

split-complementary

#4E3685 #857636 #468536

monochromatic

#1B132E #342459 #4E3685 #6848B1 #8A70C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.59

#4E3685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E3685 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3685

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3685	1.00	9.59	2.19	9.59
#FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#084688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#124483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.127 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836ea9',
    500: '#4e3685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3685;
$custom-light: #836ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.228,
    "s": 42.246,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40306,
    "c": 0.12701,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.05951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3685

secondary

#99AE69

accent

#D256AC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3685

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

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