#4E3797#4E3797

#4E3797 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.150 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3797
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 151)
HSL	hsl(254, 47%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 64%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 63.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.85, 34.85, -49.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.85, 60.45, 305.21°)
OKLab	oklab(41.87% 0.0496 -0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(41.87% 0.15 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.0924, 6.5860, 30.0116)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.06

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3797 #809737

analogous

#375097 #4E3797 #7E3797

triadic

#4E3797 #974E37 #37974E

tetradic

#4E3797 #973750 #809737 #37977E

square

#4E3797 #973750 #809737 #37977E

split-complementary

#4E3797 #977E37 #509737

monochromatic

#20163D #37276A #4E3797 #684DBE #8E7ACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#4E3797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4E3797 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3797

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3797	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364E61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.150 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866fb6',
    500: '#4e3797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3797;
$custom-light: #866fb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.375,
    "s": 46.602,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41865,
    "c": 0.14974,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3797

secondary

#A7B872

accent

#D652B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3797

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

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