#4E3BA0#4E3BA0

#4E3BA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.156 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3BA0
RGB	rgb(78, 59, 160)
HSL	hsl(251, 46%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(251, 63%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 63.1%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.45, 35.20, -52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.45, 63.00, 303.96°)
OKLab	oklab(43.25% 0.0445 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(43.25% 0.156 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.0491, 7.2852, 34.0749)
Luminance	0.0729 (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

#4E3BA0 #8DA03B

analogous

#3B5AA0 #4E3BA0 #803BA0

triadic

#4E3BA0 #A04E3B #3BA04E

tetradic

#4E3BA0 #A03B5A #8DA03B #3BA080

square

#4E3BA0 #A03B5A #8DA03B #3BA080

split-complementary

#4E3BA0 #A0803B #5AA03B

monochromatic

#221A47 #382B73 #4E3BA0 #6B57C1 #9284D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#4E3BA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#4E3BA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3BA0

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3BA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3BA0	1.00	8.55	2.46	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#305368

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3ba0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 59, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.156 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8772bd',
    500: '#4e3ba0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3ba0;
$custom-light: #8772bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3ba0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.287,
    "s": 46.119,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43251,
    "c": 0.15618,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3BA0

secondary

#AFBC7B

accent

#D652BD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3BA0

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

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