#4E3697#4E3697

#4E3697 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.151 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3697
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 151)
HSL	hsl(255, 47%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 64%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 64.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.62, 35.45, -49.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.62, 61.09, 305.47°)
OKLab	oklab(41.7% 0.0507 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(41.7% 0.151 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.0454, 6.4920, 29.9959)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.09

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3697 #7F9736

analogous

#364F97 #4E3697 #7E3697

triadic

#4E3697 #974E36 #36974E

tetradic

#4E3697 #97364F #7F9736 #36977E

square

#4E3697 #97364F #7F9736 #36977E

split-complementary

#4E3697 #977E36 #4F9736

monochromatic

#1F163D #37266A #4E3697 #684BBF #8E78CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#4E3697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4E3697 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3697

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3697	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364D61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.151 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866eb6',
    500: '#4e3697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3697;
$custom-light: #866eb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.845,
    "s": 47.317,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41702,
    "c": 0.15112,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3697

secondary

#A6B871

accent

#D751B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3697

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

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