#4E3886#4E3886

#4E3886 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.125 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3886
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 134)
HSL	hsl(257, 41%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(257, 58%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 58.2%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.83, 29.13, -40.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.83, 49.93, 305.69°)
OKLab	oklab(40.73% 0.049 -0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(40.73% 0.125 293)
XYZ	xyz(8.8580, 6.1690, 23.2737)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3886 #708638

analogous

#384986 #4E3886 #753886

triadic

#4E3886 #864E38 #38864E

tetradic

#4E3886 #863849 #708638 #388675

square

#4E3886 #863849 #708638 #388675

split-complementary

#4E3886 #867538 #498638

monochromatic

#1C1430 #35265B #4E3886 #674AB1 #8B74C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#4E3886 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E3886 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3886

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3886	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3886	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E4789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#154584

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4959

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3886;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.125 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836faa',
    500: '#4e3886',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3886;
$custom-light: #836faa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3886",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.923,
    "s": 41.053,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4073,
    "c": 0.12528,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.06169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3886

secondary

#9BAE6C

accent

#D157AE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3886

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

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