#4E3882#4E3882

#4E3882 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.120 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3882
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 130)
HSL	hsl(258, 40%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(258, 57%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 56.9%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.56, 27.94, -38.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.56, 47.58, 305.97°)
OKLab	oklab(40.44% 0.0489 -0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(40.44% 0.12 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.5843, 6.0596, 21.8321)
Luminance	0.0606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3882 #6C8238

analogous

#384782 #4E3882 #733882

triadic

#4E3882 #824E38 #38824E

tetradic

#4E3882 #823847 #6C8238 #388273

square

#4E3882 #823847 #6C8238 #388273

split-complementary

#4E3882 #827338 #478238

monochromatic

#1B132C #342657 #4E3882 #684AAD #8A72C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#4E3882 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E3882 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3882

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3882	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3882	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#154684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3882;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.120 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836fa7',
    500: '#4e3882',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3882;
$custom-light: #836fa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3882",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.838,
    "s": 39.785,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40441,
    "c": 0.11973,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3882

secondary

#98AB6B

accent

#D058AC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3882

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

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