#4E3786#4E3786

#4E3786 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.127 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3786
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 134)
HSL	hsl(257, 42%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(257, 59%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 59%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.60, 29.75, -40.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.60, 50.61, 306.00°)
OKLab	oklab(40.55% 0.0503 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(40.55% 0.127 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.8100, 6.0731, 23.2577)
Luminance	0.0607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3786 #6F8637

analogous

#374886 #4E3786 #763786

triadic

#4E3786 #864E37 #37864E

tetradic

#4E3786 #863748 #6F8637 #378676

square

#4E3786 #863748 #6F8637 #378676

split-complementary

#4E3786 #867637 #488637

monochromatic

#1B132F #35255B #4E3786 #6749B1 #8A72C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.48

#4E3786 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E3786 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3786

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3786	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3786	1.00	9.48	2.21	9.48
#FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A4789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#134484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4859

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3786;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.127 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846faa',
    500: '#4e3786',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3786;
$custom-light: #846faa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3786",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.468,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40554,
    "c": 0.12682,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3786

secondary

#9AAE6B

accent

#D256AE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3786

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

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