#4E3790#4E3790

#4E3790 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.140 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3790
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 144)
HSL	hsl(256, 45%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 62%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 61.8%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.32, 32.73, -45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.32, 56.42, 305.46°)
OKLab	oklab(41.31% 0.05 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(41.31% 0.14 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.5407, 6.3654, 27.1061)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.22

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3790 #799037

analogous

#374D90 #4E3790 #7B3790

triadic

#4E3790 #904E37 #37904E

tetradic

#4E3790 #90374D #799037 #37907B

square

#4E3790 #90374D #799037 #37907B

split-complementary

#4E3790 #907B37 #4D9037

monochromatic

#1E1537 #362664 #4E3790 #674ABA #8C77CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#4E3790 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E3790 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3790

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3790	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3790	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004993

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00458E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3790;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.140 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856fb1',
    500: '#4e3790',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3790;
$custom-light: #856fb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3790",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.506,
    "s": 44.724,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41311,
    "c": 0.14041,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3790

secondary

#A2B46F

accent

#D453B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0B0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3790

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

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