#4E3885#4E3885

#4E3885 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.124 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3885
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 133)
HSL	hsl(257, 41%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(257, 58%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 57.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.77, 28.83, -40.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.77, 49.34, 305.75°)
OKLab	oklab(40.66% 0.049 -0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(40.66% 0.124 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.7886, 6.1413, 22.9081)
Luminance	0.0614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3885 #6F8538

analogous

#384985 #4E3885 #753885

triadic

#4E3885 #854E38 #38854E

tetradic

#4E3885 #853849 #6F8538 #388575

square

#4E3885 #853849 #6F8538 #388575

split-complementary

#4E3885 #857538 #498538

monochromatic

#1B142F #35265A #4E3885 #674AB0 #8A73C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#4E3885 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E3885 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3885

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3885	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3885	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#104788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#174583

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404859

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3885;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.124 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836fa9',
    500: '#4e3885',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3885;
$custom-light: #836fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3885",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40657,
    "c": 0.12389,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3885

secondary

#9AAD6C

accent

#D157AE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3885

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

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