#4E3983#4E3983

#4E3983 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.120 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3983
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 131)
HSL	hsl(257, 39%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(257, 56%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 56.5%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.87, 27.61, -38.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.87, 47.48, 305.56°)
OKLab	oklab(40.69% 0.0476 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(40.69% 0.12 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7007, 6.1844, 22.2036)
Luminance	0.0619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3983 #6E8339

analogous

#394983 #4E3983 #733983

triadic

#4E3983 #834E39 #39834E

tetradic

#4E3983 #833949 #6E8339 #398373

square

#4E3983 #833949 #6E8339 #398373

split-complementary

#4E3983 #837339 #498339

monochromatic

#1B142E #352658 #4E3983 #674CAE #8A74C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#4E3983 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E3983 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3983

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3983	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3983	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#164786

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C4581

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404858

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3983;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.120 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8370a7',
    500: '#4e3983',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3983;
$custom-light: #8370a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3983",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.027,
    "s": 39.362,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40693,
    "c": 0.11953,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3983

secondary

#9AAC6C

accent

#CF59AE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3983

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

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