#4E3AA9#4E3AA9

#4E3AA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.169 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3AA9
RGB	rgb(78, 58, 169)
HSL	hsl(251, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 66%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 65.7%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.94, 38.58, -56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.94, 68.72, 304.15°)
OKLab	oklab(43.83% 0.0447 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(43.83% 0.169 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8142, 7.5097, 38.3554)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.76

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3AA9 #95A93A

analogous

#3A5DA9 #4E3AA9 #863AA9

triadic

#4E3AA9 #A94E3A #3AA94E

tetradic

#4E3AA9 #A93A5D #95A93A #3AA986

square

#4E3AA9 #A93A5D #95A93A #3AA986

split-complementary

#4E3AA9 #A9863A #5DA93A

monochromatic

#241B4E #392A7B #4E3AA9 #6D5AC6 #9687D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#4E3AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#4E3AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3AA9

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3AA9	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28566C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 58, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.169 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8871c3',
    500: '#4e3aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3aa9;
$custom-light: #8871c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.811,
    "s": 48.899,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43833,
    "c": 0.16927,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3AA9

secondary

#B4C07F

accent

#D84FC0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3AA9

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

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