#4E3892#4E3892

#4E3892 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.142 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3892
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 146)
HSL	hsl(255, 45%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 62%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 61.6%, 0%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.70, 32.73, -46.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.70, 56.92, 305.10°)
OKLab	oklab(41.64% 0.0487 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(41.64% 0.142 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.7429, 6.5230, 27.9343)
Luminance	0.0652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.86

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3892 #7C9238

analogous

#384F92 #4E3892 #7B3892

triadic

#4E3892 #924E38 #38924E

tetradic

#4E3892 #92384F #7C9238 #38927B

square

#4E3892 #92384F #7C9238 #38927B

split-complementary

#4E3892 #927B38 #4F9238

monochromatic

#1F163A #362766 #4E3892 #684DBB #8D79CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#4E3892 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4E3892 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3892

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3892	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3892	1.00	9.11	2.30	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004690

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394D5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3892;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.142 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856fb3',
    500: '#4e3892',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3892;
$custom-light: #856fb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3892",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.667,
    "s": 44.554,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41636,
    "c": 0.14166,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3892

secondary

#A4B571

accent

#D454B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0B0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3892

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

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