#4E3893#4E3893

#4E3893 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.143 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3893
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 147)
HSL	hsl(255, 45%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 62%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 61.9%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.77, 33.03, -47.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.77, 57.50, 305.06°)
OKLab	oklab(41.71% 0.0487 -0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(41.71% 0.143 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.8210, 6.5543, 28.3457)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.70

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3893 #7D9338

analogous

#385093 #4E3893 #7B3893

triadic

#4E3893 #934E38 #38934E

tetradic

#4E3893 #933850 #7D9338 #38937B

square

#4E3893 #933850 #7D9338 #38937B

split-complementary

#4E3893 #937B38 #509338

monochromatic

#1F163A #362767 #4E3893 #684DBB #8D79CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#4E3893 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E3893 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3893

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3893	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3893	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004691

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3893;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.143 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856fb3',
    500: '#4e3893',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3893;
$custom-light: #856fb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3893",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.505,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41714,
    "c": 0.143,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3893

secondary

#A5B572

accent

#D553B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0B0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3893

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →