#4E3787#4E3787

#4E3787 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.128 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3787
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 135)
HSL	hsl(257, 42%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(257, 59%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 59.3%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.67, 30.04, -41.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.67, 51.19, 305.94°)
OKLab	oklab(40.63% 0.0503 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(40.63% 0.128 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.8801, 6.1011, 23.6267)
Luminance	0.0610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3787 #708737

analogous

#374887 #4E3787 #763787

triadic

#4E3787 #874E37 #37874E

tetradic

#4E3787 #873748 #708737 #378776

square

#4E3787 #873748 #708737 #378776

split-complementary

#4E3787 #877637 #488737

monochromatic

#1C1430 #35255C #4E3787 #6749B2 #8B73C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#4E3787 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4E3787 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3787

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3787	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3787	1.00	9.46	2.22	9.46
#FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#07478A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#114485

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4859

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3787;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.128 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846faa',
    500: '#4e3787',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3787;
$custom-light: #846faa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3787",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.25,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40628,
    "c": 0.1282,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3787

secondary

#9BAF6B

accent

#D256AE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3787

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

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