#4E3695#4E3695

#4E3695 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.148 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3695
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 149)
HSL	hsl(255, 47%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 64%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 63.8%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.47, 34.84, -48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.47, 59.95, 305.54°)
OKLab	oklab(41.54% 0.0508 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(41.54% 0.148 290)
XYZ	xyz(9.8843, 6.4276, 29.1478)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.41

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3695 #7D9536

analogous

#364E95 #4E3695 #7E3695

triadic

#4E3695 #954E36 #36954E

tetradic

#4E3695 #95364E #7D9536 #36957E

square

#4E3695 #95364E #7D9536 #36957E

split-complementary

#4E3695 #957E36 #4E9536

monochromatic

#1F153B #362668 #4E3695 #684BBE #8D78CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#4E3695 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E3695 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3695

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3695	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3695	1.00	9.19	2.29	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004693

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3695;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.148 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866eb5',
    500: '#4e3695',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3695;
$custom-light: #866eb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3695",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.158,
    "s": 46.798,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41541,
    "c": 0.14848,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.06428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3695

secondary

#A5B770

accent

#D651B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3695

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

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