#4E3A97#4E3A97

#4E3A97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.146 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3A97
RGB	rgb(78, 58, 151)
HSL	hsl(253, 44%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 62%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 61.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.53, 33.03, -48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.53, 58.50, 304.38°)
OKLab	oklab(42.37% 0.0462 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(42.37% 0.146 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.2392, 6.8798, 30.0606)
Luminance	0.0688 (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

#4E3A97 #83973A

analogous

#3A5497 #4E3A97 #7C3A97

triadic

#4E3A97 #974E3A #3A974E

tetradic

#4E3A97 #973A54 #83973A #3A977C

square

#4E3A97 #973A54 #83973A #3A977C

split-complementary

#4E3A97 #977C3A #54973A

monochromatic

#20183F #37296B #4E3A97 #6952BC #8F7ECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#4E3A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E3A97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3A97

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3A97	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 58, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.146 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8671b6',
    500: '#4e3a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3a97;
$custom-light: #8671b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.903,
    "s": 44.498,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42366,
    "c": 0.14553,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3A97

secondary

#A9B776

accent

#D454B9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0811

muted

#7D7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3A97

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

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