#4E3896#4E3896

#4E3896 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.147 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3896
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 150)
HSL	hsl(254, 46%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 63%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 62.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.00, 33.94, -48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.00, 59.23, 304.97°)
OKLab	oklab(41.95% 0.0485 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(41.95% 0.147 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.0595, 6.6497, 29.6017)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.20

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3896 #809638

analogous

#385196 #4E3896 #7D3896

triadic

#4E3896 #964E38 #38964E

tetradic

#4E3896 #963851 #809638 #38967D

square

#4E3896 #963851 #809638 #38967D

split-complementary

#4E3896 #967D38 #519638

monochromatic

#20173D #372769 #4E3896 #684EBD #8E7BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#4E3896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E3896 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3896

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3896	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004794

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374E61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.147 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8670b6',
    500: '#4e3896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3896;
$custom-light: #8670b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.043,
    "s": 45.631,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4195,
    "c": 0.14701,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3896

secondary

#A7B773

accent

#D552B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3896

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

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