#4E3A9D#4E3A9D

#4E3A9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.154 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3A9D
RGB	rgb(78, 58, 157)
HSL	hsl(252, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(252, 63%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 63.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.99, 34.88, -51.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.99, 61.94, 304.27°)
OKLab	oklab(42.84% 0.0458 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(42.84% 0.154 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.7390, 7.0796, 32.6924)
Luminance	0.0708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3A9D #899D3A

analogous

#3A589D #4E3A9D #803A9D

triadic

#4E3A9D #9D4E3A #3A9D4E

tetradic

#4E3A9D #9D3A58 #899D3A #3A9D80

square

#4E3A9D #9D3A58 #899D3A #3A9D80

split-complementary

#4E3A9D #9D803A #589D3A

monochromatic

#221944 #382970 #4E3A9D #6A54C0 #9181D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#4E3A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#4E3A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3A9D

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3A9D	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#325166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 58, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.154 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8671bb',
    500: '#4e3a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3a9d;
$custom-light: #8671bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.121,
    "s": 46.047,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42843,
    "c": 0.15356,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3A9D

secondary

#ADBA79

accent

#D652BB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3A9D

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

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