#4E3988#4E3988

#4E3988 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.127 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3988
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 136)
HSL	hsl(256, 41%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(256, 58%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 58.1%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.21, 29.10, -41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.21, 50.43, 305.24°)
OKLab	oklab(41.05% 0.0477 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(41.05% 0.127 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.0477, 6.3233, 24.0316)
Luminance	0.0632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3988 #738839

analogous

#394C88 #4E3988 #753988

triadic

#4E3988 #884E39 #39884E

tetradic

#4E3988 #88394C #738839 #398875

square

#4E3988 #88394C #738839 #398875

split-complementary

#4E3988 #887539 #4C8839

monochromatic

#1D1532 #35275D #4E3988 #674BB3 #8B76C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.27

#4E3988 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E3988 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3988

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3988	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3988	1.00	9.27	2.26	9.27
#FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E488B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#144686

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4A5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3988;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.127 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8470ab',
    500: '#4e3988',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3988;
$custom-light: #8470ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3988",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.949,
    "s": 40.933,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41054,
    "c": 0.12651,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3988

secondary

#9EAF6E

accent

#D157B0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3988

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

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