#4E3796#4E3796

#4E3796 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.148 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3796
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 150)
HSL	hsl(255, 46%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 63%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 63.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.77, 34.54, -48.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.77, 59.87, 305.24°)
OKLab	oklab(41.79% 0.0496 -0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(41.79% 0.148 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.0115, 6.5537, 29.5857)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.22

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3796 #7F9637

analogous

#375096 #4E3796 #7D3796

triadic

#4E3796 #964E37 #37964E

tetradic

#4E3796 #963750 #7F9637 #37967D

square

#4E3796 #963750 #7F9637 #37967D

split-complementary

#4E3796 #967D37 #509637

monochromatic

#1F163C #372769 #4E3796 #684DBE #8E79CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#4E3796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E3796 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3796

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3796	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004694

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374D61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.148 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866fb6',
    500: '#4e3796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3796;
$custom-light: #866fb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.526,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41785,
    "c": 0.14842,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3796

secondary

#A6B772

accent

#D652B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3796

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

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