#4E3985#4E3985

#4E3985 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.122 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3985
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 133)
HSL	hsl(257, 40%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(257, 57%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 57.1%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.01, 28.21, -39.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.01, 48.66, 305.42°)
OKLab	oklab(40.84% 0.0477 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(40.84% 0.122 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.8375, 6.2392, 22.9244)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3985 #708539

analogous

#394A85 #4E3985 #743985

triadic

#4E3985 #854E39 #39854E

tetradic

#4E3985 #85394A #708539 #398574

square

#4E3985 #85394A #708539 #398574

split-complementary

#4E3985 #857439 #4A8539

monochromatic

#1C142F #35275A #4E3985 #674BB0 #8B75C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#4E3985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4E3985 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3985

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3985	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#134888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#194583

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404959

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.122 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8370a9',
    500: '#4e3985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3985;
$custom-light: #8370a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.579,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40836,
    "c": 0.12233,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3985

secondary

#9BAD6D

accent

#D058AF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3985

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

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