#4E3992#4E3992

#4E3992 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.140 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3992
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 146)
HSL	hsl(254, 44%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 61%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 61%, 0%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.93, 32.12, -46.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.93, 56.27, 304.81°)
OKLab	oklab(41.81% 0.0476 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(41.81% 0.14 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.7919, 6.6209, 27.9506)
Luminance	0.0662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.86

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3992 #7D9239

analogous

#395192 #4E3992 #7A3992

triadic

#4E3992 #924E39 #39924E

tetradic

#4E3992 #923951 #7D9239 #39927A

square

#4E3992 #923951 #7D9239 #39927A

split-complementary

#4E3992 #927A39 #519239

monochromatic

#1F173A #362866 #4E3992 #684EBA #8D7ACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#4E3992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4E3992 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3992

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3992	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004790

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.140 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8570b3',
    500: '#4e3992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3992;
$custom-light: #8570b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.157,
    "s": 43.842,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41806,
    "c": 0.14021,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3992

secondary

#A5B472

accent

#D454B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0B0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3992

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

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