#4E3788#4E3788

#4E3788 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.130 H 292.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3788
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 136)
HSL	hsl(257, 42%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(257, 60%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 59.6%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.74, 30.34, -41.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.74, 51.78, 305.87°)
OKLab	oklab(40.7% 0.0503 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(40.7% 0.13 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.9508, 6.1294, 23.9993)
Luminance	0.0613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3788 #718837

analogous

#374988 #4E3788 #763788

triadic

#4E3788 #884E37 #37884E

tetradic

#4E3788 #883749 #718837 #378876

square

#4E3788 #883749 #718837 #378876

split-complementary

#4E3788 #887637 #498837

monochromatic

#1C1431 #35255C #4E3788 #6749B4 #8B73C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#4E3788 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E3788 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3788

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3788	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3788	1.00	9.43	2.23	9.43
#FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#05478B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F4586

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E495A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3788;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.130 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846fab',
    500: '#4e3788',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3788;
$custom-light: #846fab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3788",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.037,
    "s": 42.408,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40702,
    "c": 0.12957,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3788

secondary

#9CAF6C

accent

#D256AF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3788

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

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