#4E3990#4E3990

#4E3990 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.138 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3990
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 144)
HSL	hsl(254, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(254, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 60.4%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.78, 31.51, -45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.78, 55.11, 304.88°)
OKLab	oklab(41.65% 0.0476 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(41.65% 0.138 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.6376, 6.5592, 27.1384)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.20

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3990 #7B9039

analogous

#394F90 #4E3990 #7A3990

triadic

#4E3990 #904E39 #39904E

tetradic

#4E3990 #90394F #7B9039 #39907A

square

#4E3990 #90394F #7B9039 #39907A

split-complementary

#4E3990 #907A39 #4F9039

monochromatic

#1F1638 #362864 #4E3990 #674DB9 #8D79CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#4E3990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E3990 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3990

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3990	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00468E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4D5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.138 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8570b1',
    500: '#4e3990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3990;
$custom-light: #8570b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.483,
    "s": 43.284,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41652,
    "c": 0.1375,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3990

secondary

#A3B371

accent

#D355B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0B0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3990

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

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