#4E3998#4E3998

#4E3998 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.148 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3998
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 152)
HSL	hsl(253, 45%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 62.5%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.38, 33.95, -49.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.38, 59.73, 304.64°)
OKLab	oklab(42.28% 0.0472 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(42.28% 0.148 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.2709, 6.8125, 30.4734)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.86

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3998 #839839

analogous

#395398 #4E3998 #7D3998

triadic

#4E3998 #984E39 #39984E

tetradic

#4E3998 #983953 #839839 #39987D

square

#4E3998 #983953 #839839 #39987D

split-complementary

#4E3998 #987D39 #539839

monochromatic

#20183F #37286B #4E3998 #6951BE #8F7DCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#4E3998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E3998 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3998

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3998	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.148 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8670b7',
    500: '#4e3998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3998;
$custom-light: #8670b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.263,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42276,
    "c": 0.14828,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3998

secondary

#A9B875

accent

#D553B8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3998

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

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