#4E3B95#4E3B95

#4E3B95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.141 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3B95
RGB	rgb(78, 59, 149)
HSL	hsl(253, 43%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 60%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 60.4%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.62, 31.81, -46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.62, 56.68, 304.13°)
OKLab	oklab(42.38% 0.0451 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(42.38% 0.141 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.1291, 6.9172, 29.2294)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.36

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3B95 #82953B

analogous

#3B5595 #4E3B95 #7B3B95

triadic

#4E3B95 #954E3B #3B954E

tetradic

#4E3B95 #953B55 #82953B #3B957B

square

#4E3B95 #953B55 #82953B #3B957B

split-complementary

#4E3B95 #957B3B #55953B

monochromatic

#20183D #372A69 #4E3B95 #6853BB #8F7ECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#4E3B95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E3B95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3B95

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3B95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3B95	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004893

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374F62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3b95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 59, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.141 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8572b5',
    500: '#4e3b95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3b95;
$custom-light: #8572b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3b95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.667,
    "s": 43.269,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42382,
    "c": 0.1414,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3B95

secondary

#A8B676

accent

#D355B8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0B0811

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3B95

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

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