#4E3AAA#4E3AAA

#4E3AAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.171 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3AAA
RGB	rgb(78, 58, 170)
HSL	hsl(251, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 65.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.02, 38.89, -57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.02, 69.28, 304.15°)
OKLab	oklab(43.92% 0.0445 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(43.92% 0.171 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.9085, 7.5474, 38.8517)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.67

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3AAA #96AA3A

analogous

#3A5EAA #4E3AAA #863AAA

triadic

#4E3AAA #AA4E3A #3AAA4E

tetradic

#4E3AAA #AA3A5E #96AA3A #3AAA86

square

#4E3AAA #AA3A5E #96AA3A #3AAA86

split-complementary

#4E3AAA #AA863A #5EAA3A

monochromatic

#241B4F #392A7C #4E3AAA #6E5AC7 #9688D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#4E3AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#4E3AAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3AAA

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3AAA	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27566D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 58, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.171 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8871c4',
    500: '#4e3aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3aaa;
$custom-light: #8871c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.714,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43918,
    "c": 0.17056,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3AAA

secondary

#B5C17F

accent

#D94FC0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3AAA

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

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