#4E3987#4E3987

#4E3987 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.125 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3987
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 135)
HSL	hsl(256, 41%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(256, 58%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 57.8%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.14, 28.80, -40.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.14, 49.84, 305.30°)
OKLab	oklab(40.98% 0.0477 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(40.98% 0.125 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.9770, 6.2950, 23.6590)
Luminance	0.0630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3987 #728739

analogous

#394B87 #4E3987 #753987

triadic

#4E3987 #874E39 #39874E

tetradic

#4E3987 #87394B #728739 #398775

square

#4E3987 #87394B #728739 #398775

split-complementary

#4E3987 #877539 #4B8739

monochromatic

#1C1531 #35275C #4E3987 #674BB2 #8B75C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#4E3987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E3987 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3987

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3987	1.00	9.30	2.26	9.30
#FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#10488A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#164585

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4A5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.125 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8470aa',
    500: '#4e3987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3987;
$custom-light: #8470aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.154,
    "s": 40.625,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40981,
    "c": 0.12512,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3987

secondary

#9DAE6E

accent

#D057B0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3987

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