#4E3AAC#4E3AAC

#4E3AAC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.173 H 284.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3AAC
RGB	rgb(78, 58, 172)
HSL	hsl(251, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 66.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.19, 39.51, -58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.19, 70.40, 304.14°)
OKLab	oklab(44.09% 0.0443 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(44.09% 0.173 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0991, 7.6237, 39.8557)
Luminance	0.0762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.51

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3AAC #98AC3A

analogous

#3A5FAC #4E3AAC #873AAC

triadic

#4E3AAC #AC4E3A #3AAC4E

tetradic

#4E3AAC #AC3A5F #98AC3A #3AAC87

square

#4E3AAC #AC3A5F #98AC3A #3AAC87

split-complementary

#4E3AAC #AC873A #5FAC3A

monochromatic

#241B50 #392B7E #4E3AAC #6E5BC8 #9789D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#4E3AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#4E3AAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3AAC

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3AAC	1.00	8.32	2.52	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25576E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 58, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.173 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8971c6',
    500: '#4e3aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3aac;
$custom-light: #8971c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.526,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44088,
    "c": 0.17313,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3AAC

secondary

#B6C280

accent

#D94FC1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3AAC

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

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