#4E3996#4E3996

#4E3996 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.146 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3996
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 150)
HSL	hsl(254, 45%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 62%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 62%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.23, 33.34, -48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.23, 58.58, 304.69°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% 0.0474 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.146 289)
XYZ	xyz(10.1085, 6.7476, 29.6180)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.18

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3996 #819639

analogous

#395296 #4E3996 #7C3996

triadic

#4E3996 #964E39 #39964E

tetradic

#4E3996 #963952 #819639 #39967C

square

#4E3996 #963952 #819639 #39967C

split-complementary

#4E3996 #967C39 #529639

monochromatic

#20173D #37286A #4E3996 #6850BC #8E7CCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#4E3996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#4E3996 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3996

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3996	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004794

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.146 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8570b6',
    500: '#4e3996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3996;
$custom-light: #8570b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.548,
    "s": 44.928,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42118,
    "c": 0.14561,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.06748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3996

secondary

#A8B774

accent

#D553B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3996

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

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