#4E3B99#4E3B99

#4E3B99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.147 H 287.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3B99
RGB	rgb(78, 59, 153)
HSL	hsl(252, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(252, 61%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 61.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.91, 33.04, -48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.91, 58.99, 304.06°)
OKLab	oklab(42.69% 0.0449 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(42.69% 0.147 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.4540, 7.0471, 30.9402)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.69

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3B99 #86993B

analogous

#3B5799 #4E3B99 #7D3B99

triadic

#4E3B99 #994E3B #3B994E

tetradic

#4E3B99 #993B57 #86993B #3B997D

square

#4E3B99 #993B57 #86993B #3B997D

split-complementary

#4E3B99 #997D3B #57993B

monochromatic

#211941 #372A6D #4E3B99 #6954BD #9080CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#4E3B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4E3B99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3B99

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3B99	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#355164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 59, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.147 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8672b8',
    500: '#4e3b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3b99;
$custom-light: #8672b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.128,
    "s": 44.34,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42693,
    "c": 0.14682,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3B99

secondary

#ABB878

accent

#D454BA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0811

muted

#7D7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3B99

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

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