#4E3A85#4E3A85

#4E3A85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.121 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3A85
RGB	rgb(78, 58, 133)
HSL	hsl(256, 39%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(256, 56%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 56.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.25, 27.58, -39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.25, 47.98, 305.08°)
OKLab	oklab(41.02% 0.0463 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(41.02% 0.121 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8874, 6.3390, 22.9411)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3A85 #71853A

analogous

#3A4C85 #4E3A85 #743A85

triadic

#4E3A85 #854E3A #3A854E

tetradic

#4E3A85 #853A4C #71853A #3A8574

square

#4E3A85 #853A4C #71853A #3A8574

split-complementary

#4E3A85 #85743A #4C853A

monochromatic

#1C1530 #35275A #4E3A85 #674DB0 #8B76C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#4E3A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E3A85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3A85

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3A85	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#164888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4A59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 58, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.121 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8371a9',
    500: '#4e3a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3a85;
$custom-light: #8371a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 39.267,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41016,
    "c": 0.12075,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3A85

secondary

#9CAD6E

accent

#CF59B0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3A85

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

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