#4E3690#4E3690

#4E3690 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.142 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3690
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 144)
HSL	hsl(256, 45%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 63%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 62.5%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.09, 33.34, -46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.09, 57.08, 305.74°)
OKLab	oklab(41.14% 0.0512 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(41.14% 0.142 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.4937, 6.2713, 27.0904)
Luminance	0.0627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.24

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3690 #789036

analogous

#364B90 #4E3690 #7B3690

triadic

#4E3690 #904E36 #36904E

tetradic

#4E3690 #90364B #789036 #36907B

square

#4E3690 #90364B #789036 #36907B

split-complementary

#4E3690 #907B36 #4B9036

monochromatic

#1E1537 #362563 #4E3690 #6749BB #8C75CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#4E3690 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4E3690 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3690

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3690	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3690	1.00	9.32	2.25	9.32
#FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004893

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00458E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3690;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.142 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856eb1',
    500: '#4e3690',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3690;
$custom-light: #856eb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3690",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41144,
    "c": 0.14186,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3690

secondary

#A1B46E

accent

#D553B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0B0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3690

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

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