#4E3799#4E3799

#4E3799 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.152 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3799
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 153)
HSL	hsl(254, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 64.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.00, 35.45, -50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.00, 61.59, 305.15°)
OKLab	oklab(42.03% 0.0494 -0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(42.03% 0.152 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.2562, 6.6516, 30.8743)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.74

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3799 #829937

analogous

#375199 #4E3799 #7F3799

triadic

#4E3799 #994E37 #37994E

tetradic

#4E3799 #993751 #829937 #37997F

square

#4E3799 #993751 #829937 #37997F

split-complementary

#4E3799 #997F37 #519937

monochromatic

#20173F #37276C #4E3799 #684EBF #8F7BD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#4E3799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E3799 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3799

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3799	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.152 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866fb8',
    500: '#4e3799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3799;
$custom-light: #866fb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.082,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42026,
    "c": 0.15237,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3799

secondary

#A8B973

accent

#D751B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3799

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

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