#4E3794#4E3794

#4E3794 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.146 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3794
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 148)
HSL	hsl(255, 46%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 63%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 62.8%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.62, 33.94, -47.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.62, 58.73, 305.30°)
OKLab	oklab(41.63% 0.0498 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(41.63% 0.146 290)
XYZ	xyz(9.8519, 6.4898, 28.7448)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.55

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3794 #7D9437

analogous

#374E94 #4E3794 #7D3794

triadic

#4E3794 #944E37 #37944E

tetradic

#4E3794 #94374E #7D9437 #37947D

square

#4E3794 #94374E #7D9437 #37947D

split-complementary

#4E3794 #947D37 #4E9437

monochromatic

#1F163B #362667 #4E3794 #684CBC #8D78CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#4E3794 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4E3794 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3794

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3794	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3794	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004692

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3794;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.146 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856fb4',
    500: '#4e3794',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3794;
$custom-light: #856fb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3794",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.839,
    "s": 45.813,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41625,
    "c": 0.14575,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.0649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3794

secondary

#A5B671

accent

#D552B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3794

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

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