#4E3798#4E3798

#4E3798 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.151 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3798
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 152)
HSL	hsl(254, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 63.8%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.92, 35.15, -49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.92, 61.02, 305.17°)
OKLab	oklab(41.95% 0.0495 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(41.95% 0.151 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.1739, 6.6187, 30.4411)
Luminance	0.0662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.90

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3798 #819837

analogous

#375098 #4E3798 #7E3798

triadic

#4E3798 #984E37 #37984E

tetradic

#4E3798 #983750 #819837 #37987E

square

#4E3798 #983750 #819837 #37987E

split-complementary

#4E3798 #987E37 #509837

monochromatic

#20163E #37276B #4E3798 #684DBF #8E7ACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#4E3798 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4E3798 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3798

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3798	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3798	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3798;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.151 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866fb7',
    500: '#4e3798',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3798;
$custom-light: #866fb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3798",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.227,
    "s": 46.86,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41945,
    "c": 0.15105,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3798

secondary

#A8B873

accent

#D651B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3798

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

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