#4E3AA2#4E3AA2

#4E3AA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.160 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3AA2
RGB	rgb(78, 58, 162)
HSL	hsl(252, 47%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(252, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 64.2%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.38, 36.42, -53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.38, 64.78, 304.21°)
OKLab	oklab(43.25% 0.0454 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(43.25% 0.16 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.1746, 7.2539, 34.9867)
Luminance	0.0725 (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

#4E3AA2 #8EA23A

analogous

#3A5AA2 #4E3AA2 #823AA2

triadic

#4E3AA2 #A24E3A #3AA24E

tetradic

#4E3AA2 #A23A5A #8EA23A #3AA282

square

#4E3AA2 #A23A5A #8EA23A #3AA282

split-complementary

#4E3AA2 #A2823A #5AA23A

monochromatic

#231A48 #382A75 #4E3AA2 #6B57C3 #9384D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#4E3AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#4E3AA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3AA2

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3AA2	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E5368

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 58, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.160 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8771be',
    500: '#4e3aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3aa2;
$custom-light: #8771be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.538,
    "s": 47.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4325,
    "c": 0.16016,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3AA2

secondary

#B0BD7B

accent

#D751BD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3AA2

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

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