#4E3698#4E3698

#4E3698 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.152 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3698
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 152)
HSL	hsl(255, 48%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 64.5%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.70, 35.75, -50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.70, 61.66, 305.43°)
OKLab	oklab(41.78% 0.0506 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(41.78% 0.152 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.1269, 6.5246, 30.4255)
Luminance	0.0653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.93

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3698 #809836

analogous

#364F98 #4E3698 #7F3698

triadic

#4E3698 #984E36 #36984E

tetradic

#4E3698 #98364F #809836 #36987F

square

#4E3698 #98364F #809836 #36987F

split-complementary

#4E3698 #987F36 #4F9836

monochromatic

#20163E #37266B #4E3698 #684CBF #8E79CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#4E3698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E3698 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3698

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3698	1.00	9.11	2.31	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.152 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866eb7',
    500: '#4e3698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3698;
$custom-light: #866eb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.694,
    "s": 47.573,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41783,
    "c": 0.15243,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3698

secondary

#A7B872

accent

#D751B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3698

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

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