#4E3694#4E3694

#4E3694 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.147 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3694
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 148)
HSL	hsl(255, 47%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 64%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 63.5%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.39, 34.54, -48.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.39, 59.38, 305.57°)
OKLab	oklab(41.46% 0.0509 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(41.46% 0.147 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8048, 6.3958, 28.7291)
Luminance	0.0640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.57

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3694 #7C9436

analogous

#364D94 #4E3694 #7D3694

triadic

#4E3694 #944E36 #36944E

tetradic

#4E3694 #94364D #7C9436 #36947D

square

#4E3694 #94364D #7C9436 #36947D

split-complementary

#4E3694 #947D36 #4D9436

monochromatic

#1F153A #362667 #4E3694 #674ABD #8D77CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#4E3694 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E3694 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3694

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3694	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3694	1.00	9.21	2.28	9.21
#FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3694;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.147 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856eb4',
    500: '#4e3694',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3694;
$custom-light: #856eb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3694",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.319,
    "s": 46.535,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41461,
    "c": 0.14716,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3694

secondary

#A4B670

accent

#D652B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3694

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

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