#4E3993#4E3993

#4E3993 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.142 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3993
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 147)
HSL	hsl(254, 44%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 61%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 61.2%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.00, 32.42, -46.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.00, 56.84, 304.78°)
OKLab	oklab(41.88% 0.0475 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(41.88% 0.142 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.8700, 6.6522, 28.3621)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.69

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3993 #7E9339

analogous

#395193 #4E3993 #7B3993

triadic

#4E3993 #934E39 #39934E

tetradic

#4E3993 #933951 #7E9339 #39937B

square

#4E3993 #933951 #7E9339 #39937B

split-complementary

#4E3993 #937B39 #519339

monochromatic

#1F173B #372867 #4E3993 #684FBB #8E7BCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#4E3993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E3993 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3993

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3993	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004791

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.142 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8570b3',
    500: '#4e3993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3993;
$custom-light: #8570b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254,
    "s": 44.118,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41883,
    "c": 0.14156,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3993

secondary

#A6B573

accent

#D454B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0B0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3993

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

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