#4E3A8F#4E3A8F

#4E3A8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.135 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3A8F
RGB	rgb(78, 58, 143)
HSL	hsl(254, 42%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(254, 59%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 59.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.95, 30.59, -44.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.95, 53.86, 304.61°)
OKLab	oklab(41.75% 0.0464 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(41.75% 0.135 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6115, 6.6286, 26.7543)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3A8F #7B8F3A

analogous

#3A508F #4E3A8F #793A8F

triadic

#4E3A8F #8F4E3A #3A8F4E

tetradic

#4E3A8F #8F3A50 #7B8F3A #3A8F79

square

#4E3A8F #8F3A50 #7B8F3A #3A8F79

split-complementary

#4E3A8F #8F793A #508F3A

monochromatic

#1F1738 #362863 #4E3A8F #674FB7 #8D7AC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#4E3A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E3A8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3A8F

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3A8F	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#06478D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 58, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.135 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8471b0',
    500: '#4e3a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3a8f;
$custom-light: #8471b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 42.289,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4175,
    "c": 0.13465,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3A8F

secondary

#A3B372

accent

#D256B5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0B0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3A8F

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

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