#4E3894#4E3894

#4E3894 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.144 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3894
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 148)
HSL	hsl(254, 45%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 62%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 62.2%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.84, 33.33, -47.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.84, 58.08, 305.03°)
OKLab	oklab(41.79% 0.0486 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(41.79% 0.144 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.8998, 6.5858, 28.7608)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.53

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3894 #7E9438

analogous

#385094 #4E3894 #7C3894

triadic

#4E3894 #944E38 #38944E

tetradic

#4E3894 #943850 #7E9438 #38947C

square

#4E3894 #943850 #7E9438 #38947C

split-complementary

#4E3894 #947C38 #509438

monochromatic

#1F163B #372768 #4E3894 #684DBC #8E7ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#4E3894 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4E3894 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3894

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3894	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3894	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004692

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3894;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.144 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8570b4',
    500: '#4e3894',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3894;
$custom-light: #8570b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3894",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.348,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41792,
    "c": 0.14434,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3894

secondary

#A6B672

accent

#D553B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3894

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

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