#4E3689#4E3689

#4E3689 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.132 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3689
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 137)
HSL	hsl(257, 43%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(257, 61%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 60.6%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.57, 31.25, -42.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.57, 53.03, 306.11°)
OKLab	oklab(40.61% 0.0515 -0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(40.61% 0.132 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.9752, 6.0639, 24.3596)
Luminance	0.0606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3689 #718936

analogous

#364889 #4E3689 #773689

triadic

#4E3689 #894E36 #36894E

tetradic

#4E3689 #893648 #718936 #368977

square

#4E3689 #893648 #718936 #368977

split-complementary

#4E3689 #897736 #488936

monochromatic

#1C1331 #35255D #4E3689 #6747B5 #8B72C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#4E3689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E3689 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3689

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3689	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00478C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#094487

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E485A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.132 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846eac',
    500: '#4e3689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3689;
$custom-light: #846eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.349,
    "s": 43.455,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40605,
    "c": 0.13245,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3689

secondary

#9CB06B

accent

#D355AF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3689

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

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