#4E3884#4E3884

#4E3884 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.123 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3884
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 132)
HSL	hsl(257, 40%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(257, 58%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 57.6%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.70, 28.53, -39.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.70, 48.75, 305.82°)
OKLab	oklab(40.59% 0.0489 -0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(40.59% 0.123 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7198, 6.1138, 22.5460)
Luminance	0.0611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3884 #6E8438

analogous

#384884 #4E3884 #743884

triadic

#4E3884 #844E38 #38844E

tetradic

#4E3884 #843848 #6E8438 #388474

square

#4E3884 #843848 #6E8438 #388474

split-complementary

#4E3884 #847438 #488438

monochromatic

#1B142E #352659 #4E3884 #674AAF #8A73C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.45

#4E3884 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4E3884 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3884

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3884	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3884	1.00	9.45	2.22	9.45
#FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#124787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#184582

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404858

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3884;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.123 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836fa8',
    500: '#4e3884',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3884;
$custom-light: #836fa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3884",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.368,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40585,
    "c": 0.12251,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3884

secondary

#9AAC6B

accent

#D058AD

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3884

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

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