#4E3890#4E3890

#4E3890 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.139 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3890
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 144)
HSL	hsl(255, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 61.1%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.55, 32.12, -45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.55, 55.77, 305.17°)
OKLab	oklab(41.48% 0.0488 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(41.48% 0.139 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5887, 6.4613, 27.1221)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.21

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3890 #7A9038

analogous

#384E90 #4E3890 #7A3890

triadic

#4E3890 #904E38 #38904E

tetradic

#4E3890 #90384E #7A9038 #38907A

square

#4E3890 #90384E #7A9038 #38907A

split-complementary

#4E3890 #907A38 #4E9038

monochromatic

#1E1638 #362764 #4E3890 #674CB9 #8D78CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#4E3890 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E3890 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3890

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3890	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3890	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004993

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00468E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3890;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.139 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856fb1',
    500: '#4e3890',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3890;
$custom-light: #856fb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3890",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41481,
    "c": 0.13896,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3890

secondary

#A3B470

accent

#D454B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0B0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3890

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

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