#4E3B9B#4E3B9B

#4E3B9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.150 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3B9B
RGB	rgb(78, 59, 155)
HSL	hsl(252, 45%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(252, 62%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 61.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.06, 33.65, -49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.06, 60.15, 304.02°)
OKLab	oklab(42.85% 0.0448 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(42.85% 0.15 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.6205, 7.1137, 31.8175)
Luminance	0.0711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3B9B #889B3B

analogous

#3B589B #4E3B9B #7E3B9B

triadic

#4E3B9B #9B4E3B #3B9B4E

tetradic

#4E3B9B #9B3B58 #889B3B #3B9B7E

square

#4E3B9B #9B3B58 #889B3B #3B9B7E

split-complementary

#4E3B9B #9B7E3B #589B3B

monochromatic

#211942 #382A6F #4E3B9B #6A55BE #9181CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#4E3B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#4E3B9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3B9B

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3B9B	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#335165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 59, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.150 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8672b9',
    500: '#4e3b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3b9b;
$custom-light: #8672b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.875,
    "s": 44.86,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42851,
    "c": 0.14951,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3B9B

secondary

#ACB979

accent

#D553BB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0811

muted

#7D7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3B9B

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

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