#4E3791#4E3791

#4E3791 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.142 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3791
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 145)
HSL	hsl(255, 45%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 62%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 62.1%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.39, 33.03, -46.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.39, 57.00, 305.42°)
OKLab	oklab(41.39% 0.05 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(41.39% 0.142 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.6175, 6.3961, 27.5104)
Luminance	0.0640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.05

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3791 #7A9137

analogous

#374D91 #4E3791 #7B3791

triadic

#4E3791 #914E37 #37914E

tetradic

#4E3791 #91374D #7A9137 #37917B

square

#4E3791 #91374D #7A9137 #37917B

split-complementary

#4E3791 #917B37 #4D9137

monochromatic

#1E1538 #362665 #4E3791 #674BBB #8D77CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#4E3791 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E3791 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3791

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3791	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3791	1.00	9.21	2.28	9.21
#FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00468F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3791;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.142 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856fb2',
    500: '#4e3791',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3791;
$custom-light: #856fb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3791",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.333,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41389,
    "c": 0.14176,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3791

secondary

#A3B470

accent

#D553B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0B0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3791

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

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