#4E3986#4E3986

#4E3986 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.124 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3986
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 134)
HSL	hsl(256, 40%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(256, 57%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 57.5%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.08, 28.50, -40.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.08, 49.25, 305.36°)
OKLab	oklab(40.91% 0.0477 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(40.91% 0.124 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.9069, 6.2670, 23.2900)
Luminance	0.0627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3986 #718639

analogous

#394A86 #4E3986 #753986

triadic

#4E3986 #864E39 #39864E

tetradic

#4E3986 #86394A #718639 #398675

square

#4E3986 #86394A #718639 #398675

split-complementary

#4E3986 #867539 #4A8639

monochromatic

#1C1430 #35275B #4E3986 #674BB1 #8B75C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#4E3986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4E3986 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3986

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3986	1.00	9.32	2.25	9.32
#FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#124889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#184584

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F495A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.124 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8370aa',
    500: '#4e3986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3986;
$custom-light: #8370aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 40.314,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40908,
    "c": 0.12372,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3986

secondary

#9CAD6D

accent

#D058AF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3986

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

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