#4E3997#4E3997

#4E3997 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.147 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3997
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 151)
HSL	hsl(253, 45%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 62%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 62.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.30, 33.64, -48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.30, 59.15, 304.66°)
OKLab	oklab(42.2% 0.0473 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(42.2% 0.147 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.1893, 6.7799, 30.0439)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.02

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3997 #829739

analogous

#395397 #4E3997 #7D3997

triadic

#4E3997 #974E39 #39974E

tetradic

#4E3997 #973953 #829739 #39977D

square

#4E3997 #973953 #829739 #39977D

split-complementary

#4E3997 #977D39 #539739

monochromatic

#20173E #37286B #4E3997 #6850BD #8F7DCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#4E3997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E3997 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3997

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3997	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004795

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364F62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.147 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8670b6',
    500: '#4e3997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3997;
$custom-light: #8670b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.404,
    "s": 45.192,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42197,
    "c": 0.14694,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3997

secondary

#A8B775

accent

#D553B8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3997

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

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