#4E3785#4E3785

#4E3785 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.125 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3785
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 133)
HSL	hsl(258, 41%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(258, 59%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 58.6%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.53, 29.45, -40.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.53, 50.02, 306.07°)
OKLab	oklab(40.48% 0.0503 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(40.48% 0.125 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.7406, 6.0453, 22.8921)
Luminance	0.0605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3785 #6E8537

analogous

#374785 #4E3785 #753785

triadic

#4E3785 #854E37 #37854E

tetradic

#4E3785 #853747 #6E8537 #378575

square

#4E3785 #853747 #6E8537 #378575

split-complementary

#4E3785 #857537 #478537

monochromatic

#1B132E #35255A #4E3785 #6749B0 #8A72C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#4E3785 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E3785 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3785

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3785	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3785	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C4688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#154483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404858

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3785;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.125 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836fa9',
    500: '#4e3785',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3785;
$custom-light: #836fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3785",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.692,
    "s": 41.489,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40481,
    "c": 0.12546,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3785

secondary

#9AAD6A

accent

#D156AD

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3785

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

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