#4E3AA0#4E3AA0

#4E3AA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.158 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3AA0
RGB	rgb(78, 58, 160)
HSL	hsl(252, 47%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(252, 64%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 63.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.22, 35.80, -52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.22, 63.65, 304.23°)
OKLab	oklab(43.09% 0.0456 -0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(43.09% 0.158 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.9982, 7.1834, 34.0579)
Luminance	0.0718 (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

#4E3AA0 #8CA03A

analogous

#3A59A0 #4E3AA0 #813AA0

triadic

#4E3AA0 #A04E3A #3AA04E

tetradic

#4E3AA0 #A03A59 #8CA03A #3AA081

square

#4E3AA0 #A03A59 #8CA03A #3AA081

split-complementary

#4E3AA0 #A0813A #59A03A

monochromatic

#221946 #382A73 #4E3AA0 #6B56C2 #9283D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#4E3AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4E3AA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3AA0

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3AA0	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#305267

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 58, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.158 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8771bd',
    500: '#4e3aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3aa0;
$custom-light: #8771bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.765,
    "s": 46.789,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43086,
    "c": 0.15753,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3AA0

secondary

#AFBC7A

accent

#D651BC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3AA0

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

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