#4E3AAE#4E3AAE

#4E3AAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.176 H 284.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3AAE
RGB	rgb(78, 58, 174)
HSL	hsl(250, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(250, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 66.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.35, 40.13, -59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.35, 71.51, 304.14°)
OKLab	oklab(44.26% 0.044 -0.1701)
OKLCH	oklch(44.26% 0.176 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.2926, 7.7011, 40.8749)
Luminance	0.0770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.37

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3AAE #9AAE3A

analogous

#3A60AE #4E3AAE #883AAE

triadic

#4E3AAE #AE4E3A #3AAE4E

tetradic

#4E3AAE #AE3A60 #9AAE3A #3AAE88

square

#4E3AAE #AE3A60 #9AAE3A #3AAE88

split-complementary

#4E3AAE #AE883A #60AE3A

monochromatic

#251B52 #392B80 #4E3AAE #6F5CC9 #988AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#4E3AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#4E3AAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3AAE

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3AAE	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23576F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 58, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.176 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8972c7',
    500: '#4e3aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3aae;
$custom-light: #8972c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.345,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4426,
    "c": 0.17569,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3AAE

secondary

#B7C281

accent

#DA4EC2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3AAE

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

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