#4E3AA3#4E3AA3

#4E3AA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.161 H 286.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3AA3
RGB	rgb(78, 58, 163)
HSL	hsl(251, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(251, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 64.4%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.46, 36.73, -54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.46, 65.35, 304.20°)
OKLab	oklab(43.33% 0.0453 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(43.33% 0.161 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2638, 7.2896, 35.4567)
Luminance	0.0729 (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

#4E3AA3 #8FA33A

analogous

#3A5AA3 #4E3AA3 #823AA3

triadic

#4E3AA3 #A34E3A #3AA34E

tetradic

#4E3AA3 #A33A5A #8FA33A #3AA382

square

#4E3AA3 #A33A5A #8FA33A #3AA382

split-complementary

#4E3AA3 #A3823A #5AA33A

monochromatic

#231A49 #382A76 #4E3AA3 #6C57C3 #9384D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#4E3AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#4E3AA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3AA3

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3AA3	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E5369

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 58, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.161 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8771bf',
    500: '#4e3aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3aa3;
$custom-light: #8771bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 47.511,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43332,
    "c": 0.16147,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3AA3

secondary

#B1BD7C

accent

#D751BE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3AA3

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

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