#4E3A96#4E3A96

#4E3A96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.144 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3A96
RGB	rgb(78, 58, 150)
HSL	hsl(253, 44%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 61%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 61.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.46, 32.73, -47.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.46, 57.92, 304.40°)
OKLab	oklab(42.29% 0.0462 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(42.29% 0.144 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.1584, 6.8474, 29.6347)
Luminance	0.0685 (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

#4E3A96 #82963A

analogous

#3A5496 #4E3A96 #7C3A96

triadic

#4E3A96 #964E3A #3A964E

tetradic

#4E3A96 #963A54 #82963A #3A967C

square

#4E3A96 #963A54 #82963A #3A967C

split-complementary

#4E3A96 #967C3A #54963A

monochromatic

#20183E #37296A #4E3A96 #6851BC #8F7DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#4E3A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E3A96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3A96

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3A96	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004894

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374F62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 58, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.144 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8571b6',
    500: '#4e3a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3a96;
$custom-light: #8571b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.043,
    "s": 44.231,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42287,
    "c": 0.14419,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3A96

secondary

#A8B675

accent

#D454B8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0811

muted

#7D7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3A96

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

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