#4E3891#4E3891

#4E3891 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.140 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3891
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 145)
HSL	hsl(255, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 61%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 61.4%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.62, 32.43, -46.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.62, 56.35, 305.13°)
OKLab	oklab(41.56% 0.0488 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(41.56% 0.14 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.6655, 6.4920, 27.5264)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.03

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3891 #7B9138

analogous

#384F91 #4E3891 #7B3891

triadic

#4E3891 #914E38 #38914E

tetradic

#4E3891 #91384F #7B9138 #38917B

square

#4E3891 #91384F #7B9138 #38917B

split-complementary

#4E3891 #917B38 #4F9138

monochromatic

#1F1639 #362765 #4E3891 #674CBA #8D78CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#4E3891 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4E3891 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3891

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3891	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3891	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00468F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3891;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.140 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856fb2',
    500: '#4e3891',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3891;
$custom-light: #856fb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3891",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.831,
    "s": 44.279,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41558,
    "c": 0.14031,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3891

secondary

#A3B471

accent

#D454B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0B0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3891

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

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