#4E3781#4E3781

#4E3781 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.120 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3781
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 129)
HSL	hsl(259, 40%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 57%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 57.4%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.25, 28.27, -38.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.25, 47.67, 306.38°)
OKLab	oklab(40.19% 0.0502 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(40.19% 0.12 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4695, 5.9369, 21.4643)
Luminance	0.0594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3781 #6A8137

analogous

#374581 #4E3781 #733781

triadic

#4E3781 #814E37 #37814E

tetradic

#4E3781 #813745 #6A8137 #378173

square

#4E3781 #813745 #6A8137 #378173

split-complementary

#4E3781 #817337 #458137

monochromatic

#1A122B #342556 #4E3781 #6849AC #8A70C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#4E3781 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E3781 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3781

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3781	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3781	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#144683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B447F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3781;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.120 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836ea6',
    500: '#4e3781',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3781;
$custom-light: #836ea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3781",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.649,
    "s": 40.217,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40191,
    "c": 0.11993,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3781

secondary

#96AB69

accent

#D058AB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3781

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

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