#4E3887#4E3887

#4E3887 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.127 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3887
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 135)
HSL	hsl(257, 41%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(257, 59%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 58.5%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.90, 29.42, -41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.90, 50.52, 305.62°)
OKLab	oklab(40.8% 0.049 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(40.8% 0.127 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.9281, 6.1971, 23.6427)
Luminance	0.0620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3887 #718738

analogous

#384987 #4E3887 #763887

triadic

#4E3887 #874E38 #38874E

tetradic

#4E3887 #873849 #718738 #388776

square

#4E3887 #873849 #718738 #388776

split-complementary

#4E3887 #877638 #498738

monochromatic

#1C1430 #35265C #4E3887 #674AB2 #8B74C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#4E3887 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E3887 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3887

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3887	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3887	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C478A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#144585

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F495A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3887;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.127 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846faa',
    500: '#4e3887',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3887;
$custom-light: #846faa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3887",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.709,
    "s": 41.361,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40803,
    "c": 0.12666,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3887

secondary

#9CAE6D

accent

#D157AF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3887

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

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