#4E3696#4E3696

#4E3696 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.150 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3696
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 150)
HSL	hsl(255, 47%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 64%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 64%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.54, 35.14, -49.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.54, 60.52, 305.50°)
OKLab	oklab(41.62% 0.0508 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(41.62% 0.15 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9645, 6.4597, 29.5701)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.25

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3696 #7E9636

analogous

#364E96 #4E3696 #7E3696

triadic

#4E3696 #964E36 #36964E

tetradic

#4E3696 #96364E #7E9636 #36967E

square

#4E3696 #96364E #7E9636 #36967E

split-complementary

#4E3696 #967E36 #4E9636

monochromatic

#1F163C #372669 #4E3696 #684BBE #8E78CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#4E3696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E3696 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3696

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3696	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004694

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374D61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.150 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866eb6',
    500: '#4e3696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3696;
$custom-light: #866eb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41621,
    "c": 0.1498,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3696

secondary

#A6B771

accent

#D751B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3696

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

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