#4E3989#4E3989

#4E3989 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.128 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3989
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 137)
HSL	hsl(256, 41%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(256, 58%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 58.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.28, 29.40, -41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.28, 51.02, 305.19°)
OKLab	oklab(41.13% 0.0477 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(41.13% 0.128 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.1191, 6.3518, 24.4076)
Luminance	0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3989 #748939

analogous

#394C89 #4E3989 #763989

triadic

#4E3989 #894E39 #39894E

tetradic

#4E3989 #89394C #748939 #398976

square

#4E3989 #89394C #748939 #398976

split-complementary

#4E3989 #897639 #4C8939

monochromatic

#1D1533 #35275E #4E3989 #674BB4 #8B76C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#4E3989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E3989 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3989

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3989	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B498C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#124687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4A5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.128 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8470ac',
    500: '#4e3989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3989;
$custom-light: #8470ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.75,
    "s": 41.237,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41127,
    "c": 0.12789,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3989

secondary

#9EAF6F

accent

#D157B1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3989

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

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