#4E3898#4E3898

#4E3898 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.150 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3898
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 152)
HSL	hsl(254, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 63.2%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.15, 34.55, -49.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.15, 60.37, 304.91°)
OKLab	oklab(42.11% 0.0484 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(42.11% 0.15 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.2219, 6.7146, 30.4571)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.87

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3898 #829838

analogous

#385298 #4E3898 #7E3898

triadic

#4E3898 #984E38 #38984E

tetradic

#4E3898 #983852 #829838 #38987E

square

#4E3898 #983852 #829838 #38987E

split-complementary

#4E3898 #987E38 #529838

monochromatic

#20173F #37286B #4E3898 #684FBE #8F7CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#4E3898 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E3898 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3898

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3898	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3898	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3898;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.150 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8670b7',
    500: '#4e3898',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3898;
$custom-light: #8670b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3898",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.75,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4211,
    "c": 0.14967,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3898

secondary

#A8B874

accent

#D652B8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3898

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

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