#4E3B92#4E3B92

#4E3B92 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.137 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3B92
RGB	rgb(78, 59, 146)
HSL	hsl(253, 42%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(253, 60%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 59.6%, 0%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.40, 30.89, -45.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.40, 54.94, 304.21°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% 0.0452 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.137 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8927, 6.8226, 27.9842)
Luminance	0.0682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.88

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3B92 #7F923B

analogous

#3B5492 #4E3B92 #793B92

triadic

#4E3B92 #924E3B #3B924E

tetradic

#4E3B92 #923B54 #7F923B #3B9279

square

#4E3B92 #923B54 #7F923B #3B9279

split-complementary

#4E3B92 #92793B #54923B

monochromatic

#1F183B #372966 #4E3B92 #6851B9 #8E7DCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#4E3B92 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E3B92 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3B92

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3B92	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3B92	1.00	8.88	2.36	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3b92;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 59, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.137 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8572b3',
    500: '#4e3b92',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3b92;
$custom-light: #8572b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3b92",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.103,
    "s": 42.439,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42152,
    "c": 0.1373,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3B92

secondary

#A6B475

accent

#D256B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0B0811

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3B92

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

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