#4E3693#4E3693

#4E3693 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.146 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3693
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 147)
HSL	hsl(255, 46%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 63%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 63.3%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.31, 34.24, -47.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.31, 58.80, 305.61°)
OKLab	oklab(41.38% 0.051 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(41.38% 0.146 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.7260, 6.3643, 28.3141)
Luminance	0.0636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.74

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3693 #7B9336

analogous

#364D93 #4E3693 #7D3693

triadic

#4E3693 #934E36 #36934E

tetradic

#4E3693 #93364D #7B9336 #36937D

square

#4E3693 #93364D #7B9336 #36937D

split-complementary

#4E3693 #937D36 #4D9336

monochromatic

#1F1539 #362666 #4E3693 #674ABC #8D77CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#4E3693 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E3693 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3693

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3693	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3693	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004591

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3693;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.146 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856eb3',
    500: '#4e3693',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3693;
$custom-light: #856eb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3693",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.484,
    "s": 46.269,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41381,
    "c": 0.14585,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3693

secondary

#A3B66F

accent

#D652B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3693

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

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