#4E3792#4E3792

#4E3792 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.143 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3792
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 146)
HSL	hsl(255, 45%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 62%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 62.3%, 0%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.47, 33.34, -46.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.47, 57.58, 305.38°)
OKLab	oklab(41.47% 0.0499 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(41.47% 0.143 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.6949, 6.4271, 27.9183)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.88

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3792 #7B9237

analogous

#374E92 #4E3792 #7C3792

triadic

#4E3792 #924E37 #37924E

tetradic

#4E3792 #92374E #7B9237 #37927C

square

#4E3792 #92374E #7B9237 #37927C

split-complementary

#4E3792 #927C37 #4E9237

monochromatic

#1F1639 #362666 #4E3792 #674BBB #8D77CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#4E3792 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E3792 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3792

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3792	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3792	1.00	9.19	2.29	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004690

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3792;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.143 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856fb3',
    500: '#4e3792',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3792;
$custom-light: #856fb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3792",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.165,
    "s": 45.274,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41468,
    "c": 0.14309,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3792

secondary

#A3B570

accent

#D553B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0B0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3792

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

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