#4E3AA4#4E3AA4

#4E3AA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.163 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3AA4
RGB	rgb(78, 58, 164)
HSL	hsl(251, 48%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(251, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 64.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.54, 37.04, -54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.54, 65.91, 304.19°)
OKLab	oklab(43.42% 0.0452 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(43.42% 0.163 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.3538, 7.3256, 35.9305)
Luminance	0.0733 (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

#4E3AA4 #90A43A

analogous

#3A5BA4 #4E3AA4 #833AA4

triadic

#4E3AA4 #A44E3A #3AA44E

tetradic

#4E3AA4 #A43A5B #90A43A #3AA483

square

#4E3AA4 #A43A5B #90A43A #3AA483

split-complementary

#4E3AA4 #A4833A #5BA43A

monochromatic

#231A4A #382A77 #4E3AA4 #6C57C4 #9485D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#4E3AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#4E3AA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3AA4

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3AA4	1.00	8.52	2.47	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D5469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 58, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.163 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8771c0',
    500: '#4e3aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3aa4;
$custom-light: #8771c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.321,
    "s": 47.748,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43415,
    "c": 0.16278,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3AA4

secondary

#B1BE7C

accent

#D750BE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3AA4

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

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