#4E3699#4E3699

#4E3699 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.154 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3699
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 153)
HSL	hsl(255, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 65%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 64.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.78, 36.05, -50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.78, 62.23, 305.40°)
OKLab	oklab(41.86% 0.0505 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(41.86% 0.154 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.2092, 6.5575, 30.8586)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.78

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3699 #819936

analogous

#365099 #4E3699 #7F3699

triadic

#4E3699 #994E36 #36994E

tetradic

#4E3699 #993650 #819936 #36997F

square

#4E3699 #993650 #819936 #36997F

split-complementary

#4E3699 #997F36 #509936

monochromatic

#20163F #37266C #4E3699 #684CC0 #8E7AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#4E3699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E3699 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3699

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3699	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.154 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866eb8',
    500: '#4e3699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3699;
$custom-light: #866eb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.545,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41864,
    "c": 0.15374,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3699

secondary

#A8B972

accent

#D750B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3699

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

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