#4E3984#4E3984

#4E3984 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.121 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3984
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 132)
HSL	hsl(257, 40%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(257, 57%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 56.8%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.94, 27.91, -39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.94, 48.07, 305.49°)
OKLab	oklab(40.76% 0.0476 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(40.76% 0.121 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.7688, 6.2117, 22.5623)
Luminance	0.0621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3984 #6F8439

analogous

#394A84 #4E3984 #743984

triadic

#4E3984 #844E39 #39844E

tetradic

#4E3984 #84394A #6F8439 #398474

square

#4E3984 #84394A #6F8439 #398474

split-complementary

#4E3984 #847439 #4A8439

monochromatic

#1B142F #352759 #4E3984 #674BAF #8A74C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#4E3984 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E3984 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3984

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3984	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3984	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#154787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A4582

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404959

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3984;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.121 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8370a8',
    500: '#4e3984',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3984;
$custom-light: #8370a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3984",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.8,
    "s": 39.683,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40764,
    "c": 0.12093,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3984

secondary

#9AAC6D

accent

#D058AE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3984

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

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