#4E3795#4E3795

#4E3795 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.147 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3795
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 149)
HSL	hsl(255, 46%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 63%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 63.1%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.69, 34.24, -48.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.69, 59.30, 305.27°)
OKLab	oklab(41.71% 0.0497 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(41.71% 0.147 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9313, 6.5216, 29.1635)
Luminance	0.0652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.38

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3795 #7E9537

analogous

#374F95 #4E3795 #7D3795

triadic

#4E3795 #954E37 #37954E

tetradic

#4E3795 #95374F #7E9537 #37957D

square

#4E3795 #95374F #7E9537 #37957D

split-complementary

#4E3795 #957D37 #4F9537

monochromatic

#1F163C #372768 #4E3795 #684CBD #8E79CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#4E3795 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4E3795 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3795

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3795	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3795	1.00	9.11	2.30	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004693

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3795;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.147 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856fb5',
    500: '#4e3795',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3795;
$custom-light: #856fb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3795",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.681,
    "s": 46.078,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41705,
    "c": 0.14708,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3795

secondary

#A6B671

accent

#D652B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3795

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

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