#4E3789#4E3789

#4E3789 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.131 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3789
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 137)
HSL	hsl(257, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 59.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.81, 30.64, -42.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.81, 52.36, 305.81°)
OKLab	oklab(40.78% 0.0502 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(40.78% 0.131 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.0222, 6.1580, 24.3753)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3789 #728937

analogous

#374989 #4E3789 #773789

triadic

#4E3789 #894E37 #37894E

tetradic

#4E3789 #893749 #728937 #378977

square

#4E3789 #893749 #728937 #378977

split-complementary

#4E3789 #897737 #498937

monochromatic

#1C1432 #35255D #4E3789 #6749B5 #8B73C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#4E3789 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E3789 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3789

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3789	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3789	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#02478C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C4587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E495A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3789;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.131 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846fac',
    500: '#4e3789',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3789;
$custom-light: #846fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3789",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.829,
    "s": 42.708,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40777,
    "c": 0.13093,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3789

secondary

#9DB06C

accent

#D255AF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3789

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

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