#4E3688#4E3688

#4E3688 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.131 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3688
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 136)
HSL	hsl(258, 43%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(258, 60%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 60.3%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.50, 30.95, -42.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.50, 52.44, 306.17°)
OKLab	oklab(40.53% 0.0515 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(40.53% 0.131 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.9038, 6.0354, 23.9836)
Luminance	0.0604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3688 #708836

analogous

#364788 #4E3688 #773688

triadic

#4E3688 #884E36 #36884E

tetradic

#4E3688 #883647 #708836 #368877

square

#4E3688 #883647 #708836 #368877

split-complementary

#4E3688 #887736 #478836

monochromatic

#1C1330 #35255C #4E3688 #6747B4 #8B72C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#4E3688 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E3688 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3688

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3688	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3688	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00478B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C4486

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4859

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3688;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.131 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846eab',
    500: '#4e3688',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3688;
$custom-light: #846eab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3688",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.561,
    "s": 43.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4053,
    "c": 0.13109,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3688

secondary

#9BAF6A

accent

#D355AE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3688

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

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